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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) » Apameini » Apamea » Apamea digitula - Hodges#9364.1 (Apamea digitula)

Species Apamea digitula - Hodges#9364.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · 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 Apameini

Genus Apamea

Species digitula (Apamea digitula - Hodges#9364.1)

Hodges Number

9364.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apamea digitula Mustelin & Mikkola, 2006 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932315

Numbers

There are 64 described Apamea species in America north of Mexico.(2)

Size

Forewing length 16-19 mm. (3)

Identification

Apamea sordens and A. digitula can only be separated by dissection or DNA.(3), (4)

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (5)

Range

Oregon to southern California.

Moth Photographers Group has New Mexico included in the range.

Season

Adults fly from May through June.(4)

Food

Larvae feed on various grasses.(4)

See Also

Apamea sordens

Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Mikkola, K., J.D. Lafontaine, & J.D. Gill, 2009. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.9: p. 52; pl. 2.30-32.(6)

Powell, J.A., and P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 53.14, p. 295.(4)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species Tomas Mustelin. 2006. Zootaxa 1278: 1–47.

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.	Pacific Northwest Moths

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

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

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 3 April, 2012 - 4:29pm
Last updated 15 April, 2013 - 12:04am

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