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Species Apamea inordinata - Hodges#9353

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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 Apameini
Genus Apamea
Species inordinata (Apamea inordinata - Hodges#9353)

Hodges Number

9353

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apamea inordinata (Morrison, 1875)
Hadena inordinata Morrison, 1875
Three subspecies are recognized. (1)
A. i. inordinata (Morrison, 1875)
A. i. semilunata (Grote, 1881)
A. i. olympia Crabo, 2009
Phylogenetic sequence # 932316 (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 64 species of the genus Apamea in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Forewing length 13-17 mm. (2)

Identification

genitalia

Range

British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Pennsylvania; California, Colorado,

Remarks

ct.gov - listed as Species of Concern in Connecticut

Print References

Mikkola, K., J.D. Lafontaine & J. D. Gill, 2009. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.9: p. 53; pl. 2.33-39. (3)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD (5)

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.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.9. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Apameini (Part).
Mikkola, Kauri, J. Donald Lafontaine, Jocelyn Gill. 2009. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 30 July, 2011 - 3:09pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Graham M
Last updated 17 March, 2018 - 2:07pm

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