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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Plusiini » Autoplusiina » Autoplusia » Autoplusia egenoides - Hodges#8893 (Autoplusia egenoides)

Species Autoplusia egenoides - Hodges#8893

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Familiar looking owlet moth - Autoplusia egenoides Cocoon in parsley - Autoplusia egenoides Moth - Autoplusia egenoides Moth on Erigeron - Autoplusia egenoides Another Moth - Autoplusia egenoides Looper moth, Plusiinae or maybe Diachrysia balluca?? in California - Autoplusia egenoides Looper moth, Plusiinae or maybe Diachrysia balluca?? in California - Autoplusia egenoides Looper moth, Plusiinae, precationis, or maybe Diachrysia balluca?? in California - Autoplusia egenoides
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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 Plusiinae (Looper Moths)
Tribe Plusiini
Subtribe Autoplusiina
Genus Autoplusia
Species egenoides (Autoplusia egenoides - Hodges#8893)
Hodges Number
8893
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Autoplusia egenoides (Strand, 1917)
Syngrapha egena ab. egenoides Strand, 1917
Autographa egenoides
Phylogenetic sequence # 931174.
Numbers
There are 3 Autoplusia species listed for America north of Mexico.(1)
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)
Range
California, New Mexico and Florida (Eichlin & Cunningham, 1978).(3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most common from April through October.
See Also
Autoplusia olivacea
Print References
Eichlin, T.D. & H.B. Cunningham 1978. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology. USDA Tech. Bulletin 1567: 19. (3)
Lafontaine, J.D. & R.W. Poole 1991. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 25.1: p. 55; pl. 1.17-18.(4)
Strand, E. 1916. Archiv for Naturgeschichte 82(2): 48
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Moth Photographers Group
University of California, Berkeley
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.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology
Thomas D. Eichlin, Hugh B. Cunningham. 1978. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1567: 1-121.
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 25.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (part), Plusiinae
J. Donald Lafontaine, Robert W. Poole. 1991. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 November, 2011 - 9:21pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 May, 2013 - 9:37pm

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