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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 » Plusiina » Syngrapha » Syngrapha sackenii - Hodges#8932 (Syngrapha sackenii)

Species Syngrapha sackenii - Hodges#8932

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · 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 Plusiinae (Looper Moths)

Tribe Plusiini

Subtribe Plusiina

Genus Syngrapha

Species sackenii (Syngrapha sackenii - Hodges#8932)

Hodges Number

8932

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syngrapha sackenii (Grote, 1877)

Plusia sackenii Grote, 1877

Autographa sackenii

Plusia snowii Hy. Edwards, 1884

* phylogenetic sequence #931222

Size

forewing length 15-18 mm (Powell & Opler, 2009)(1)

Range

Southern Montana south to central New Mexico (Powell & Opler, 2009).(1)

Print References

Edwards, Hy. 1884. Some new forms of N. American moths. Papilio 4(3): 44 (synonym Plusia snowii)

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: 1-122 (PDF)(2)

Grote, A. R. 1877. Appendix. Bulletin U.S. Geol. Geog. Survery Territories 3: 800

Grote, A. R. 1919. Notes on the Plusiinae, with descriptions of new species and races. Jl. New York Ent. Soc. 27(3-4): 121, Pl.15, f.1

Lafontaine, J. D. & R. W. Poole 1991. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 25.1: p.112; pl.3.26-27 (3)

Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl.50.3f; p.279

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	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.

3.	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 Paul Dennehy on 1 February, 2012 - 5:48pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 16 December, 2022 - 8:57am

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