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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) » Phlogophorini » Euplexia » American Angle Shades - Hodges#9545 (Euplexia benesimilis)

Species Euplexia benesimilis - American Angle Shades - Hodges#9545

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References
Moth 9008 - Euplexia benesimilis Moth - Euplexia benesimilis Cutworm 102 - Euplexia benesimilis American Angle Shades - Euplexia benesimilis Unknown moth - Euplexia benesimilis Euplexia benesimilis Euplexia benesimilis Pennsylvania Moth - Euplexia benesimilis
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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 Phlogophorini
Genus Euplexia
Species benesimilis (American Angle Shades - Hodges#9545)
Hodges Number
9545
Identification
Food
generalist on many types of herbaceous vegetation including ferns, shrubs and trees, and conifers (Pacific Northwest Moths)
Life Cycle
Larva; larva; spent pupa; adult
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Pacific Northwest Moths
iNaturalist
Maryland Biodiversity Project
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 25 April, 2006 - 10:37am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, John Davis, marcie oconnor
Last updated 4 February, 2022 - 9:22am

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