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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) » Apameini » Apamea » Apamea atrosuffusa - Hodges#9336  (Apamea atrosuffusa)

Species Apamea atrosuffusa - Hodges#9336

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Apameini
Genus Apamea
Species atrosuffusa (Apamea atrosuffusa - Hodges#9336 )
Hodges Number
9336
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Apamea atrosuffusa (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) (1)
Parastichtis atrosuffusa Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
Phylogenetic sequence # 932325 (2)
Numbers
There are more than 62 Apamea species listed for America north of Mexico.(2)
Size
Wingspan 40-48 mm. (1)
Identification
The original description as Parastichtis atrosuffusa Barnes & McDunnough, is available online in the print references below.
Range
California to Texas, north to Montana. (3), (4), (5)
Season
Adults are most often reported from May to September. (5)
See Also
Compare to other Apamea species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Some Morrisonia and Anarta species.
Print References
Barnes, W., & J.H. McDunnough, 1913. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 2: 113. (6)
Mikkola, K., J.D. Lafontaine & J.D. Gill, 2009. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.9. p. 61, pl. 3.27-30. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
lepbarcoding.org
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.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.
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.Moths of Southeast Arizona
4. Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)
William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 September, 2011 - 11:42am
Last updated 17 April, 2013 - 11:53pm

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