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Species Diarsia rubifera - Red Dart - Hodges#10917

10917 Red Dart Moth (Diarsia rubifera)? - Diarsia rubifera

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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 Noctuini

Subtribe Noctuina

Genus Diarsia

Species rubifera (Red Dart - Hodges#10917)

Hodges Number

10917

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Diarsia rubifera (Grote, 1875)

Agrotis rubifera Grote, 1875

Noctua cynica Smith, 1898 (101) (1)

Noctua cynica var. umbrosa Dyar, 1904 (31) (1)

Noctua perumbrosa Dyar, 1904 (102) (1)

Agrotis rubifera ab. perversa Strand, 1916 (146)

* phylogenetic sequence #933534

Size

Forewing length 14-15 mm. (2)

Identification

Larva - dorsal surface brown, mottled with white, grey below; head deep brown with pale spot on each side. (3)

genitalia

Range

Across all of Canada, south to Wisconsin and North Carolina in the east, south to Colorado through the Rockies in the west. (2), (4), (3)

Season

Adults active June through September. (4)

Food

Larval hosts include blueberries (Vaccinium). (5)

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1875. On Scopelosoma and allied genera. The Canadian Entomologist 7(11): 207

Lafontaine, J.D. 1998. Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 27.3: p.36; pl. 1.12-13 (6)

Morris, R.F. 1980. Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador: The Macrolepidoptera. Agriculture Canada 1691: p.109, pl.13, f.15 (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Pacific Northwest Moths

Works Cited

1.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

2.	Pacific Northwest Moths

3.	Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador the macrolepidoptera Ray F. Morris. 1980. Agriculture Canada 1691: 374-379.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

6.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3 J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Cotinis on 17 March, 2006 - 4:01pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 March, 2018 - 7:11am

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