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Species Apamea albina - Hodges#9347

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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 Apamea

Species albina (Apamea albina - Hodges#9347 )

Hodges Number

9347

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apamea albina (Grote, 1874)

Hadena albina Grote, 1874

Phylogenetic sequence # 932335

Numbers

There are more than 62 Apamea species found in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Forewing length 20-23 mm.

Identification

The original description as Hadena albina Grote, is available online at the link in the print references below.

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)

Range

Oregon to southern California and western Arizona. (3), (4)

Habitat

Hardwood-conifer forests or oak savanna. (5)

Season

Adults are most often reported from April to August. (4)

Food

Larval host is unknown.

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1874. Notes on American Lepidoptera, with descriptions of twenty-one new species. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 2: 157.

Mikkola, K., J.D. Lafontaine, & J.D. Gill, 2009. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.9: p. 73; pl. 5.8-9.(6)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Works Cited

1.	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 .

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Pacific Northwest Moths

6.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.9. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Apameini (Part). Mikkola, Kauri, J. Donald Lafontaine, Jocelyn Gill. 2009. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 31 March, 2012 - 8:53pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 28 July, 2014 - 2:35pm

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