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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) » Arzamini » Bellura » Cattail Borer - Hodges#9525 (Bellura obliqua)

Species Bellura obliqua - Cattail Borer - Hodges#9525

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · 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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Arzamini
Genus Bellura
Species obliqua (Cattail Borer - Hodges#9525)
Hodges Number
9525
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bellura obliqua (Walker, 1865)
Edema obliqua Walker, 1865
Size
Wingspan: 42 mm based on single pinned photo by Jim Vargo at Moth Photographers Group
Food
larvae bore into common cattail and have been found in pickleweed, arrowhead, and skunk cabbage
Life Cycle
Eggs; larvae hatching; larva; adult
See Also
Bellura densa
Print References
Walker, 1865: 428 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Pacific Northwest Moths
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Maryland Moths
Moths of North Carolina
iNaturalist
Works Cited
1.List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI - Supplement. Part 1.
Francis Walker. 1865. British Museum (Natural History), p.1-321.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 February, 2006 - 9:46pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 25 March, 2024 - 10:47am

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