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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 » Xylenina » Chaetaglaea » Waxed Sallow Moth - Hodges#9948 (Chaetaglaea cerata)

Species Chaetaglaea cerata - Waxed Sallow Moth - Hodges#9948

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited
9948 - Chaetaglaea cerata - Waxed Sallow - Chaetaglaea cerata
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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
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Chaetaglaea
Species cerata (Waxed Sallow Moth - Hodges#9948)
Hodges Number
9948
Explanation of Names
Author: Franclemont, 1943
Identification
Pale grayish tan FW has whitish veins. Gently curved AM & PM are edged pale yellow. Slightly darker orbicular and reniform spots have pale outlines. Reniform spot has tiny black dot in inner half. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 January, 2010 - 10:37pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 26 October, 2012 - 2:30pm

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