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Species Xestia scropulana - Hodges#10938

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10938 Xestia scopulana - Xestia scropulana 10938 Xestia scopulana - Xestia scropulana
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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 Noctuini
Subtribe Noctuina
Genus Xestia
Species scropulana (Xestia scropulana - Hodges#10938)

Hodges Number

10938

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xestia scropulana (Morrison, 1874)
Agrotis scropulana Morrison, 1874
syn. Agrotis moeschleri (Bang-Haas, 1910) (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 933591

Numbers

There are more than fifty species of the genus Xestia in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Morrison (1874) reported a wingspan of 33 mm.

Identification

Morrison (1874) original description as Agrotis scropulana is available in the print references.

Range

Northeastern North America. (3)
Holotype collected in the Alpine region of Mt. Washington.

Season

Adults are most common from July to August. (3)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 136; pl. 3.34-35. (4)
Morrison, H.K. 1874. Descriptions of new Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 17: 165.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta )
Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF)

Works Cited

1.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
2.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 .
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3
J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 May, 2011 - 9:44pm
Last updated 8 December, 2013 - 12:02am

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