Species Lacanobia radix - Garden Arches - Hodges#10298

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Internet References

Noctuidae: Lacanobia radix - Lacanobia radix

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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 Hadenini

Genus Lacanobia

Species radix (Garden Arches - Hodges#10298)

Hodges Number

10298

Explanation of Names

RADIX: Latin for "a root"; perhaps a reference to the conspicuous basal dash (?) which bears some resemblance to the basal portion of a plant root

Size

similar to other Lacanobia species (wingspan in 30-50 mm range)

Identification

forewing brownish-gray with darker shading either beyond PM line or beyond ST line [see image links in Internet References section below]; AM and PM lines double, pale, scalloped; inner third of reniform spot with blackish shading; orbicular and reniform spots paler than ground color and outlined in black; conspicuous black basal dash, broadening distally to form a short fork; ST line with W-shaped "wiggle" about two-thirds distance form costa

Range

Newfoundland to British Columbia, south in the west to California and New Mexio, south in the east to New England

Habitat

coniferous and mixed forest

Season

adults fly in June and July

See Also

Orthodes goodelli is similar but has a more uniformly brown forewing, and lacks a conspicuous basal dash (compare images of both species)

Internet References

pinned adult image (CBIF)

pinned adult image and other info (California Dept. of Food and Agriculture)

US distribution map (Moths of North America; USGS)

common name reference; PDF doc (Charles Bird, Waskasoo Park, Alberta)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 November, 2005 - 8:16pm

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