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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Plagiomimicus » Plagiomimicus dimidiata - Hodges#9745 (Plagiomimicus dimidiata)

Species Plagiomimicus dimidiata - Hodges#9745

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · 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 Stiriinae

Tribe Stiriini

Genus Plagiomimicus

Species dimidiata (Plagiomimicus dimidiata - Hodges#9745)

Hodges Number

9745

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plagiomimicus dimidiata (Grote, 1877) (1)

Stibadium dimidiata (Grote, 1877)

Antaplaga dimidiata Grote, 1877

Phylogenetic sequence # 931648

Numbers

There are 19 named species of Plagiomimicus in America north of Mexico. (2),(3)

Size

Forewing length 13-14 mm.(4)

Range

Idaho to Kansas, south to western Texas and Arizona. (4)

Season

The adults are most common from September to October. (4)

Food

The larval host plant and immature stages are unknown, but is thought to be sunflower species. (5)

Remarks

The adults are often seen on flower blooms during the day and are attracted to lights at night.

See Also

There is no other similar moth in North America. (5)

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1877. Six new Noctuidae. The Canadian Entomologist, 9: 71.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press,, pl 52.3; p. 288. (4)

Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1, p. 90; pl. 3.24.(6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (7)

Pacific Northwest Moths (8)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

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 checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.

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

5.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

6.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

7.	North American Moth Photographers Group

8.	Pacific Northwest Moths

9.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 October, 2010 - 11:04am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 August, 2013 - 10:37am

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