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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) » Leucaniini » Leucania » False Wainscot - Hodges#10462 (Leucania pseudargyria)

Species Leucania pseudargyria - False Wainscot - Hodges#10462

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Food · Internet References
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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 Leucaniini
Genus Leucania
Species pseudargyria (False Wainscot - Hodges#10462)
Hodges Number
10462
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1852 by Achille Guénée as Leucania pseudargyria
Explanation of Names
pseudargyria is probably derived from Greek pseudes (πσευδης)- "false" + argyria as in Leucania lythargyria, a European moth (the name is now considered a synonym of Leucania ferrago): the original description says this species resembles it quite a bit.
Size
The largest species of this species group with a wing expanse of 40 to 45 mm. from wing tip to wing tip.
Identification
Genitalia:
♂
Food
Various grasses.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Nearctica.com    Systematics on the Fly species account
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères, 5, v.1, p.74    Guenénée's original description of the species (in French)
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 17 February, 2006 - 7:52pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, JoAnneRusso, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 10 February, 2024 - 8:34am

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