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Species Paectes abrostolella - Hodges#8959.1

Paectes abrostolella (Walker) - Paectes abrostolella

unknown moth - Paectes abrostolella - female

Larva, Paectes? Maybe P. abrostolella? - Paectes abrostolella

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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 Euteliidae

Subfamily Euteliinae

Genus Paectes

Species abrostolella (Paectes abrostolella - Hodges#8959.1)

Hodges Number

8959.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Paectes abrostolella (Walker, 1866)

Subrita abrostolella Walker, 1866

Ingura praepilata Grote, 1875

elevated from synonymy of Paectes pygmaea (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931108

Numbers

Paectes includes 11 described species in America north of Mexico. (2)(3)(4)

Size

Wingspan 22-27 mm. (1)

Forewing length 11-13 mm. (5)

Range

Widespread in the western United States, from California to Texas, north to Montana. Populations in Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan. (1)

Food

Larval host plant is Rhus (sumac).(5)

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1879. Identifications and descriptions of Noctuidae, with a new Hetercampa, and notes on Neneophila. The Canadian Entomologist 11(1): 207.

Metzler, E.H. & J.G. Franclemont 1991. A review of four species names of Paectes from North America (Noctuidae: Euteliinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45(1): 34. (1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl.46.2, p.263 (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	A review of four species names of Paectes from North America (Noctuidae: Euteliinae) E. H. Metzler, J. G. Franclemont . 1991. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45(1): 34-41 .

2.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

3.	Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. J. Donald Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt . 2013. ZooKeys 264: 227-236.

4.	Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt. 2015. ZooKeys 527: 127-147.

5.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 1 August, 2010 - 11:57pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 March, 2022 - 1:39pm

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