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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Acronictinae » Harrisimemna » Harris's Three Spot - Hodges#9286 (Harrisimemna trisignata)

Species Harrisimemna trisignata - Harris's Three Spot - Hodges#9286

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Bizarre caterpillar - Harrisimemna trisignata Harris's Three spot caterpillar boring into log - Harrisimemna trisignata Harrisimemna trisignata Sunglasses - Harrisimemna trisignata Harrisimemna trisignata Harris's Three-spot - Harrisimemna trisignata - Harrisimemna trisignata Harris' Three-Spot - Harrisimemna trisignata Harrisimemna trisignata
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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 Acronictinae
Genus Harrisimemna
Species trisignata (Harris's Three Spot - Hodges#9286)
Hodges Number
9286
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Harrisimemna trisignata (Walker, 1856)
Grammophora trisignata Walker 1856
Phylogenetic sequence # 931498
Numbers
Monotypic genus
Size
Wingspan about 31 mm.
Identification
Unmistakable:

Females have dark hindwings - James Adams, 2001
Range
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most common from March to October. (1)
Food
Polyphagous. Larvae recorded on Lonicera morrowii (Morrow Honeysuckle), wild raisin, Winterberry, Bush Honeysuckle, Black Willow, White ash, apple, Ilex spp. and many more.
Chionanthus virginicus, Fringetree, is a host for Harrisimemna trisignata (3 years in a row)- Contributed by Doug on 12 September, 2014
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Georgia Leps - James Adams
BAMONA
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 1 August, 2018 - 4:40pm

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