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Species Tricholita notata - Hodges#10628

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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 Eriopygini
Genus Tricholita
Species notata (Tricholita notata - Hodges#10628)
Hodges Number
10628
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tricholita notata Strecker, 1898
syn.
Tricholita syrissa Strecker, 1899
Chabuata notata (Barnes and Benjamin, 1927) (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 933194
Numbers
There are ten Tricholita species in America north of Mexico.(2)
Size
Wingspan 26-34 mm. (Hampson), (3)
Identification
The revised description by Hampson (1905), as Chabuata notata (Barnes and Benjamin), is available online in the print references below.
Range
Oklahoma to North Dakota and Ohio. (4) , (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Prairie.
Season
Aug-Oct (MPG)
Food
Larval host is stiff goldenrod, (Solidago rigida).
Remarks
Listed on Ohio's endangered species list.
Wisconsin lists the species as rare.
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hampson, L. 1905. Noctuidae. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phaaeae in the British Museum. 5: 259.
Strecker, 1898. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. 1: 9.