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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) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Agrotis » Agrotis antica - Hodges#10660.1 (Agrotis antica)

Species Agrotis antica - Hodges#10660.1

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

Noctuidae: Agrotis antica - Agrotis antica

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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 Noctuini

Subtribe Agrotina

Genus Agrotis

Species antica (Agrotis antica - Hodges#10660.1)

Hodges Number

10660.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agrotis antica Crabo & Lafontaine, 2004 (1), (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933523

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included 23 species of the genus Agrotis in America north of Mexico.(2)

Size

Forewing length 14-18 mm. (3), (1)

Identification

Determined by Lars Crabo.

Range

California, Arizona and Colorado to British Columbia. (4)

Habitat

Coniferous forests. (3), (1)

Season

The adults are most often reported from April to August. (5)

Food

Unknown. (1)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (5)

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 2004. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 246; pl. L.26-29. (1)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Lepbarcoding.org

E. H. Strickland Museum

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini), Fascicle 27.1 J. Donald Lafontaine. 2004. The 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.	Pacific Northwest Moths

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 January, 2012 - 7:12pm
Last updated 13 September, 2013 - 4:07pm

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