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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Sympistis » Harrow moth - Hodges#10101 (Sympistis occata)

Species Sympistis occata - Harrow moth - Hodges#10101

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · 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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Sympistis
Species occata (Harrow moth - Hodges#10101)
Hodges Number
10101
Other Common Names
Harrow moth (Holland, 1915).(1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sympistis occata (Grote, 1875)
Cleophana occata, Grote, 1875
Oncocnemis occata
* phylogenetic sequence #931801
Explanation of Names
Occata is Latin for "harrow", a farming implement.
Size
Forewing length 10-12 mm (PNW Moths).
Range
Texas and Colorado west to the California coast (Holland, 1915) and north to southern Alberta along the plains (PNW Moths).
Habitat
Dry areas at low elevation (PNW Moths).
Print References
Grote, A. R. 1875. Descriptions of North American moths. Trans. American Ent. Soc. 5: 114
Holland, W. J. 1915. The moth book. Doubleday, Page & Company. p.176, pl.21, f.8
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
PNW Moths - species page
Works Cited
1.The Moth Book
W. J. Holland. 1922. Doubleday, Page & Company.
Contributed by Randy Hardy on 23 January, 2011 - 9:18am
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 21 December, 2015 - 9:49pm

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