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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) » Eriopygini » Lacinipolia » Laudable Arches - Hodges#10411 (Lacinipolia laudabilis)

Species Lacinipolia laudabilis - Laudable Arches - Hodges#10411

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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Eriopygini
Genus Lacinipolia
Species laudabilis (Laudable Arches - Hodges#10411)
Hodges Number
10411
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lacinipolia laudabilis (Guenée, 1852)
Hecatera laudabilis Guenée, 1852
* Phylogenetic sequence #933065
Numbers
There are sixty-four named species of Lacinipolia in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan: 20-28 mm (2)
TL: 16 mm (3)  
Identification
Adult: Pale green FW is marked with white-filled double lines. Grayish brown shading in central median area clashes with orange patch between orbicular and reniform spots.  (3)  
Range
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults have been recorded on wing year round (2)
Food
Larvae are general feeder on herbaceous plants.(4)
See Also
Lacinopolia explicata
Lacinipolia implicata
Print References
Lafontaine J.D., and B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. (1)
Poole, R. W. 1989. Noctuidae: Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118).(4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - map with some distribution data, photos.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) - collection map and photos of pinned adults.
Wikipedia - brief description (2)
Works Cited
1.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 .
2.Wikipedia
3.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
4.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 24 October, 2005 - 5:51am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Fyn Kynd, Steve Morris
Last updated 8 May, 2023 - 8:30am

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