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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) » Hadenini » Hadena » Hadena caelestis - Hodges#10322.1 (Hadena caelestis)

Species Hadena caelestis - Hodges#10322.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Hadenini

Genus Hadena

Species caelestis (Hadena caelestis - Hodges#10322.1)

Hodges Number

10322.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hadena caelestis Troubridge & Crabo, 2002 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932917

Explanation of Names

caelestis is Latin for heavenly, which describes the higher elevations where the species is found. (1)

Numbers

There are 15 named Hadena species in America north of Mexico.(2)

Size

Forewing length 13-15 mm. (1)

Identification

Hadena caelestis is nearly identical to Hadena ectrapela. Hadena caelestis has a larger, whiter, and more circular orbicular spot. (1)

Original description of Hadena caelestis Troubridge & Crabo is available in PDF. (1)

Range

British Columbia to central California. (3), (1)

Type locality: Mt. Kobau, British Columbia. (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Higher elevations of 1,800-3,000 m. (3), (1)

Season

Adults have been recorded mostly from July to August. (4), (3), (1)

Food

Larval host is not mentioned in the 2002 description. (1)

See Also

Hadena ectrapela

Hadena siskiyou

Hadena maccabei

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group

Print References

Troubridge & Crabo, 2002. A review of the Nearctic species of Hadena (Schrank), 1802 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with descriptions of six new species. Fabreries, 27: p. 120-122, figs. 10, 26, 38. (1)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Noctuoidea of Canada

Works Cited

1.	A review of the Nearctic species of Hadena (Schrank), 1802 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with descriptions of six new species. J. T. Troubridge, L. G. Crabo. 2002. Fabreries 27(2): 109-154.

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.	Pacific Northwest Moths

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 July, 2011 - 2:04pm
Last updated 7 May, 2018 - 8:37am

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