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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) » Apameini » Hydraecia » Hydraecia medialis - Hodges#9511 (Hydraecia medialis)

Species Hydraecia medialis - Hodges#9511

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Noctuidae: Hydraecia medialis - Hydraecia medialis

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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 Apameini

Genus Hydraecia

Species medialis (Hydraecia medialis - Hodges#9511)

Hodges Number

9511

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hydraecia medialis (Smith, 1892)

Hydroecia medialis Smith, 1892

syn. Hydroecia pallescens Smith, 1899

Numbers

There are ten named species of Hydraecia in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan 43-45 mm. (Smith), (2)

Identification

The original description of Hydraecia medialis Smith, is available at the link in the print references below.

Range

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults fly from August through October. (3), (2)

Food

Suspected larval host is lupines, Lupinus L.(3)

See Also

Hydraecia obliqua

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group

Print References

Smith, J.B. 1894. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 21: 74.

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths

Moth Photographers Group

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Works Cited

1.	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 .

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Pacific Northwest Moths

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 January, 2011 - 6:15pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 16 August, 2018 - 1:45pm

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