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Species Caradrina montana - Civil Rustic - Hodges#9656

Noctuidae: Caradrina montana - Caradrina montana

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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 Caradrinini

Subtribe Caradrinina

Genus Caradrina

Species montana (Civil Rustic - Hodges#9656)

Hodges Number

9656

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Platyperigea montana

Caradrina cinerascens

Caradrina extima

Platyperigea extima

Jan Metlevski notes here that the former genus Platyperigea was demoted to a subgenus of Caradrina by Hermann Hacker in 2004 (see Print References below)

Explanation of Names

MONTANA: from the Latin "montanus" (belonging to a mountain); perhaps a reference to the terrain where the type specimen was collected (?) - presumably in Europe, where the species is widespread

Size

wingspan 26-31 mm

Identification

forewing pale gray or brownish-gray with dark reniform and orbicular spots; reniform spot has white dots around perimeter; AM and PM lines usually broken into dots; 4 or 5 black marks along costa; subterminal area may have dark shading

hindwing white with dark-spotted terminal line

Range

western North America: Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, south to California, west to New Mexico, north to Manitoba, plus several recent records from southern Ontario (species may be listed under one of its synonyms; see Synonyms section above)

also occurs throughout Europe and western Asia

Habitat

dry open forests

Season

adults fly in summer

Food

larvae feed on leaves of alfalfa (Medicago sativa), dock (Rumex spp.), hawkweed (Hieracium spp.), plantain (Plantago spp.), sow-thistle (Sonchus spp.)

Remarks

The species was described by Bremer in 1861.

Print References

Hacker, Hermann. 2004. Revision of the genus Caradrina Ochsenheimer, 1816, with notes on other genera of the tribus Caradrini (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Esperiana. Vol. 10.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 December, 2005 - 2:26pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 11 February, 2022 - 5:07pm

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