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Species Sympistis fifia - Hodges#10066

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Sympistis fifia Sympistis fifia Sympistis fifia Noctuidae: Sympistis fifia - Sympistis fifia Moth - Dorsal view - Sympistis fifia Sympistis fifia Sympistis fifia Noctuid - Sympistis fifia
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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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Sympistis
Species fifia (Sympistis fifia - Hodges#10066)

Hodges Number

10066

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sympistis fifia (Dyar, 1904)
Homohadena fifia Dyar, 1904

Food

Snowberry (Symphoricarpos spp. in Caprifoliaceae) (1)

See Also

Brown-lined Sallow - Sympistis badistriga (widespread east of the Rocky Mountains)


Sympistis tenuistriga (north-eastern range)


Sympistis rayata (Texas)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Pacific Northwest Moths (PNM) (1)

Works Cited

1.Pacific Northwest Moths
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 1 February, 2012 - 6:56pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 7 February, 2024 - 2:40pm

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