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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

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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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