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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) » Xylenini » Antitypina » Andropolia » Andropolia diversilineata - Hodges#9563 (Andropolia diversilineata)

Species Andropolia diversilineata - Hodges#9563

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · 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 Xylenini
Subtribe Antitypina
Genus Andropolia
Species diversilineata (Andropolia diversilineata - Hodges#9563)
Hodges Number
9563
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Andropolia diversilineata (Grote, 1877) (1)
Hadena diversilineata Grote, 1877
Synonyms
Polia illepida Grote, 1879
Polia resoluta Smith, 1894
Andropolia submissa Smith, 1911
Phylogenetic sequence # 932680
Numbers
There are 6 Andropolia species in America north of Mexico.(2)
Size
Wingspan is 40-44 mm. (Hampson)
Identification
The Hampson, (1909) revised description of Andropolia diversilineata Grote, is available online at the link in the print references below
Gray forewing with a black jagged, dentate submarginal line that creates two dark shaded triangles. Sexes similar but male have pectinate antennae and lighter hindwing.
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Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)
Range
British Columbia to southern California and east to Colorado. (4), (5)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Pine forests and juniper woodlands. (6)
Season
Adults are most often reported from late summer but there are records from April to September. (5), (6)
Food
Larval host is antelope bitterbrush, Purshia tridentata (Rosaceae). (6)
See Also
Andropolia theodori

Polia nugatis
Print References
Hampson, G.F. 1909. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 8: 199.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Noctuoidea of Canada
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
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.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Pacific Northwest Moths
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 February, 2012 - 12:27am
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton
Last updated 23 August, 2020 - 11:00pm

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