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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Xylenini » Incertae sedis » Pseudanarta » Pseudanarta singula - Hodges#9607 (Pseudanarta singula)

Species Pseudanarta singula - Hodges#9607

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Noctuid - Pseudanarta singula 9607 - Pseudanarta singula brown patterned moth - Noctuidae? - Pseudanarta singula Pseudariarta Singula - Pseudanarta singula Small moth with black-bordered orange hindwing and narrow black lines on forewing. - Pseudanarta singula Arizona Moth - Pseudanarta singula Pseudanarta singula Pseudanarta flava? - Pseudanarta singula
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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Xylenini
No Taxon (Incertae sedis)
Genus Pseudanarta
Species singula (Pseudanarta singula - Hodges#9607)
Hodges Number
9607
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudanarta singula (Grote(1), 1880)
Hadena singula Grote, 1880
Phylogenetic sequence # 932738
Numbers
There are 13 named species of the genus Pseudanarta in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Size
Forewing length 11-12 mm. (4)
Identification
Detailed description at Pacific Northwest Moths
Hampson (1906) description is available in the print references.
Range
California(5) to Oregon, Utah(6) and Texas. (7),(2)
Holotype collected in Texas.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The main flight period is July to October. (2), (4)
Food
The larval host is unknown. (4)
See Also
Pseudanarta actura
Moths of Southeastern Arizona - has side by side comparison of pinned adults
Print References
Grote(1), A.R., 1880. New species of North American moths. The Canadian Entomologist. 12: 215.
Hampson, G.F., 1906. Noctuidae. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. p. 195.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (4)
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (8)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.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 .
4.Pacific Northwest Moths
5.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
6.Survey of Utah Moth Species
7.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
8.Moths of Southeast Arizona
9.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 September, 2009 - 1:25pm
Last updated 21 November, 2013 - 10:28am

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