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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Psaphidini » Psaphidina » Brachionycha » Brachionycha borealis - Hodges#10011 (Brachionycha borealis)

Species Brachionycha borealis - Hodges#10011

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10011 Brachionycha borealis - Brachionycha borealis Brachionycha borealis Brachionycha borealis - male Brachionycha borealis - male Brachionycha borealis
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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 Amphipyrinae
Tribe Psaphidini
Subtribe Psaphidina
Genus Brachionycha
Species borealis (Brachionycha borealis - Hodges#10011)
Hodges Number
10011
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Brachionycha borealis (Smith, 1899)
Asteroscopus borealis Smith, 1899
Phylogenetic sequence # 931558
Numbers
The only named Brachionycha species in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Size
Forewing length: (2), (3)
♂ average 21.6 mm.
♀ average 26 mm.
Identification
The original description as Asteroscopus borealis Smith, is available online in the print references below.
The typical form has medium gray forewings, and the dark form is heavily shaded with black. (2)
Range
Alberta and Montana, east across the northern United States and southern Canada. (4), (3), (2)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most common from mid-April to early May. (3), (4)
Food
Larvae have been reared on Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton (lowbush blueberry).
Birch is the suspected natural host.
Life Cycle
Larva; adult
Remarks
Rarely collected possibly due to the early spring flight times.(2)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Poole, R.W. 1995. The Moths of North America Fascicle 26.1. p. 178, pl. 5.33.(3)
Smith, J.B. 1899. A new species of Asteroscopus. The Canadian Entomologist. 31: 25.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
nearctica.com
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta)
Noctuoidea of Canada
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD
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.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
3.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae.
Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 May, 2011 - 4:24pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 10 November, 2016 - 1:49pm

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