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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) » Orthosiini » Stretchia » Stretchia plusiaeformis - Hodges#10471  (Stretchia plusiaeformis)

Species Stretchia plusiaeformis - Hodges#10471

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · 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 Orthosiini
Genus Stretchia
Species plusiaeformis (Stretchia plusiaeformis - Hodges#10471 )
Hodges Number
10471
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stretchia plusiaeformis Hy. Edwards, 1874
Phylogenetic sequence #932756 (1)
Size
Forewing length 13-16 mm.(2)
Range
New Brunswick west to British Columbia and south to southern California; Colorado, Wyoming. (3), (4), (5),
Season
The main flight period is April to August. (6), (2)
Food
Larval host is Ribes sp. (gooseberry)
See Also
Stretchia muricina
Print References
Comstock, J. A. & C. M. Dammers 1940. Notes on the early stages of three California moths. Southern California Acad. Sci. 38(3): 183, pl. 47.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Moth Photographers Group (6)
E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta ) (7)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)
The Canadian National Collection @ Moth Photographers Group
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.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Survey of Utah Moth Species
5. Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
8.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 April, 2012 - 5:35pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 April, 2014 - 9:48pm

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