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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Grotellinae » Grotella » Grotella septempunctata - Hodges#11213 (Grotella septempunctata)

Species Grotella septempunctata - Hodges#11213

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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 Grotellinae
Genus Grotella
Species septempunctata (Grotella septempunctata - Hodges#11213)
Hodges Number
11213
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Grotella septempunctata Harvey, 1875
syn. Grotella harveyi Barnes and Benjamin, 1922
Phylogenetic sequence # 931700
Size
Wingspan about 21 mm. (1)
Identification
The original description of Grotella septempunctata Harvey, is available online using the link in the print preferences below.
Range
Arizona to central Texas, Colorado and North Dakota. (2), (3), (4), (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Most records of adults are from July to September. (4)
See Also
Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Some species in the genus have a terminal row of black dots; others do not.

Like G. septempunctata, Grotella blanca lacks the terminal row of dots:


Grotella harveyi

Grotella sampita has a terminal row of black dots.


Homolagoa grotelliformis has more rounded wings and a slightly different pattern of black dots in the basal area of the forewings.
Print References
Barnes and Benjamin, 1922, Contributions of the Natural History of Lepidoptera of North America., 5(1): 11, pl. 1, fig. 2.
Harvey, L.F. 1875. Observations on North American moths. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. p. 278.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Noctuidae of North America - nearctica.com (1)
Works Cited
1.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae.
Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.Moths of Southeast Arizona
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 August, 2010 - 9:34am
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 20 October, 2023 - 1:01pm

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