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Species Arugisa latiorella - Watson's Arugisa - Hodges#8510

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Watson's Arugisa - Hodges #8510 - Arugisa latiorella Unknown species - Arugisa latiorella Hodges #8510 - Arugisa latiorella - Arugisa latiorella Watson's Arugisa #8510, Arugisa latiorella - Arugisa latiorella Watson's Arugisa - Hodges #8510 - Arugisa latiorella Watson's Arugisa Moth - Arugisa latiorella Florida Moth - Arugisa latiorella Florida Moth - Arugisa latiorella
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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Scolecocampinae
Genus Arugisa
Species latiorella (Watson's Arugisa - Hodges#8510)

Hodges Number

8510

Other Common Names

Common Arugisa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Arugisa latiorella (Walker, 1863)
Acrobasis latiorella Walker, 1863 (1)
syn. Arugisa watsoni
Phylogenetic sequence # 930635 (2)

Size

Wingspan 18-22 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult: FW darker, brownish color ● labial palps are more slender, projecting forward almost horizontally ● PM line is more continuous, with less noticeable black dots along its length ● less dark shading inside subterminal line than Arugisa lutea

Range

Florida to Texas, north to Kansas and Maryland. (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)

Season

Heppner (2003) reports adults from January to November. (10)

Food

Larvae feed on living and dead Poa pratensis L. (bluegrass). (11), (9), (12)

Remarks

Arugisa latiorella (Walker, 1863) is now the valid name for the less common, brown-colored species, formerly known as A. Watsoni.

See Also

Arugisa lutea

Print References

Walker, 1863. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 27: 29.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(8)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (13)

Works Cited

1.The genus Arugisa in the United States, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Phalaenidae).
Albert Glenn Richards Jr. 1909. American Museum Novitates 1114: 1-4.
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.Moths of Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Research Station (University of Texas, Austin)
4.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
5.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
6.South Carolina Moth Species
7.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
8.North American Moth Photographers Group
9.The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae]
Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.
10.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
11.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
12.The Book of Field and Roadside: Open-Country Weeds, Trees, and Wildflowers of Eastern North America
John Eastman, Amelia Hansen. 2003. Stackpole Books.
13.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 April, 2012 - 9:16am
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, Robert Lord Zimlich, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 26 November, 2015 - 1:37am

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