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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 » Amphipoea » Amphipoea lunata - Hodges#9455 (Amphipoea lunata)

Species Amphipoea lunata - Hodges#9455

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · 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 Amphipoea

Species lunata (Amphipoea lunata - Hodges#9455)

Hodges Number

9455

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amphipoea lunata (Smith, 1891)

Apamea lunata Smith, 1891 (1)

Hydroecia albilunata Smith, 1899

Phylogenetic sequence # 932452 (2)

Size

Smith (1891) listed the wingspan 26-28 mm. (1)

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 12-16 mm. (3)

Identification

Smith (1891) original description as Apamea lunata is online. (1)

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press : 296; pl. 53, fig. 30. (3)

Smith, J.B., 1891. Notes on some Noctuidae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18: 110.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Pacific Northwest Moths (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	Notes on some Noctuidae, with descriptions of new genera and species J. B. Smith. 1891. Transactions of The American Entomological Society 18: 103-135 .

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 Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Pacific Northwest Moths

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 12 January, 2012 - 6:41pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 19 September, 2014 - 1:02am

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