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Species Euplexia benesimilis - American Angle Shades - Hodges#9545

Representative Images

American Angle Shades - Euplexia benesimilis Moth - Euplexia benesimilis Monkshood Moth - Euplexia benesimilis moth - Euplexia benesimilis American Angle Shades - Euplexia benesimilis Moth on a wet rock in a stream - Euplexia benesimilis Euplexia benesimilis Euplexia benesimilis_American Angle Shades_23July2021 - Euplexia benesimilis
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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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