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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Swordgrass Moths (Xylena) » Xylena thoracica - Hodges#9875 (Xylena thoracica)

Species Xylena thoracica - Hodges#9875

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Xylena species - Xylena thoracica Cutworm? - Xylena thoracica Xylena brucei - Xylena thoracica Xylena brucei - Xylena thoracica Xylena thoracica - female Xylena thoracica - female Xylena thoracica - male Xylena thoracica - female
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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 Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Xylena (Swordgrass Moths)
Species thoracica (Xylena thoracica - Hodges#9875)
Hodges Number
9875
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Xylena thoracica (Putnam-Cramer, 1886)
Calocampa cineritia var. thoracica Putnam-Cramer, 1886
Calocampa brillians Ottolengui, 1902
Phylogenetic sequence # 932521
Numbers
Five species in the genus occur north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length 19-23 mm. (2)
Identification
Genitalia:
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♂
Range
Moth Photographers Group map
See Also
Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Pacific Nortwest Moths
BOLD
Noctuoidea of Canada
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.Pacific Northwest Moths
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 December, 2010 - 2:24pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 14 September, 2023 - 11:12am

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