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Species Stretchia plusiaeformis - Hodges#10471

Stretchia plusiaeformis - Hodges #10471 - Stretchia plusiaeformis

Noctuidae: Stretchia plusiaeformis - Stretchia plusiaeformis

Stretchia plusiaeformis - Stretchia plusiaeformis

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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)

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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