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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) » Apameini » Apamea » Doubtful Apamea - Hodges#9367 (Apamea dubitans)

Species Apamea dubitans - Doubtful Apamea - Hodges#9367

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · 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 Apameini
Genus Apamea
Species dubitans (Doubtful Apamea - Hodges#9367)
Hodges Number
9367
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Apamea dubitans (Walker, 1856)
Mamestra dubitans Walker, 1856
Apamea insignata Walker, 1857
Hadena sputator Grote, 1873
Hadena sputatrix Grote, 1875
Agroperina dubitans Hampson, 1908
Xylophasia sputatrix
Phylogenetic sequence # 932344
Explanation of Names
Latin for "doubting, wavering" from dubito- "to doubt, waver"
Size
WS ≈ 40mm
Identification
Base of rose-thorns higher than wide; barrel shaped. In A. cogitata, base of rose-thorn nearly flat; much wider than high. Forbes, 1954
digitus slender, long and narrow
Range
Widely distributed
Food
Grasses
See Also
Apamea cogitata is typically not as dark. (compare images of both species)
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1873. On eight species of Noctuidae. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 1: 190 - Hadena sputator
Hampson, G.F. 1908. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. 7: 398 - Agroperina dubitans
Smith, J.B. 1891. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. Revision of the species of Hadena referable to Xylophasia and Luperina. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 13(839):422 - Xylophasia sputatrix
Smith, J.B. 1810. Notes on North American species of Agroperina Hampson. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 18(3): 140 - Agroperina sputatrix
Walker, F.W. 1856. Noctuidae. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 9: 232
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)(3)
Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 February, 2006 - 3:37pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Jason D. Roberts, Robert Lord Zimlich, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 3 August, 2021 - 2:32pm

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