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Species Lithophane semiusta - Singed Pinion - Hodges#9885

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Lithophane semiusta #9885 - Lithophane semiusta

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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 Lithophane (Pinions)

Species semiusta (Singed Pinion - Hodges#9885)

Hodges Number

9885

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lithophane semiusta Grote, 1874 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #932531.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet semiusta from Latin meaning "half-scorched, singed." (2)

Size

Total length 18 mm. (3)

Range

Northeastern North America.

Type Locality: Canada (J. Pettit).

Habitat

Deciduous woodlands and gardens. (3)

Season

Adults fly October to mid-May. (3)

Food

The larvae feed on chokecherry, basswood and popular. Also, trembling aspen. (3)

Life Cycle

According to Handfield (1999), this species overwinters as an adult.

Print References

Beadle, D. & S. Leckie, 2012. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Houghton Mifflin. (3)

Grote, A.R., 1874. On the Noctuidae of North America. 6th Annual Report of the Peabody Academy of Sciences for the Year 1873, 34. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Works Cited

1.	On the Noctuidae of North America. Augustus Radcliffe Grote. 1874. 6th Annual Report of the Peabody Academy of Sciences, 21-53.

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 10 April, 2011 - 9:11pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 22 January, 2019 - 2:21pm

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