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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Plagiomimicus » Plagiomimicus mimica - Hodges#9755.1 (Plagiomimicus mimica)

Species Plagiomimicus mimica - Hodges#9755.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Stiriinae

Tribe Stiriini

Genus Plagiomimicus

Species mimica (Plagiomimicus mimica - Hodges#9755.1 )

Hodges Number

9755.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plagiomimicus mimica Poole, 1995 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931660.

Numbers

There are 19 named species of Plagiomimicus in America north of Mexico. (2),(3)

Size

Forewing length 11-13 mm. (Nearctica.com)

Identification

Range

Western Texas to southern California, Utah. (Nearctica.com)

Season

Adults fly July to September. (Nearctica.com)

Food

Larval host is unknown.

See Also

Plagiomimicus tepperi

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Heminocloa mirabilis

Print References

Lafontaine J.D., & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 56.(2)

Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1: p. 98; pl. 3.41.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults.

Moths of Southeastern Arizona - photo of pinned adult.

Survey of Utah Moth Species list - presence in Utah.

Moth Photographers Group - pinned adult and related species for comparison.

Nearctica.com - species page

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

3.	Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 September, 2009 - 12:54am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 March, 2013 - 11:05am

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