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Species Lacinipolia lustralis - Hodges#10370

Noctuidae: Lacinipolia lustralis? - Lacinipolia lustralis

Noctuidae: Lacinipolia? - Lacinipolia lustralis

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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 Lacinipolia

Species lustralis (Lacinipolia lustralis - Hodges#10370)

Hodges Number

10370

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lacinipolia lustralis (Grote, 1875)

Dianthoecia lustralis Grote, 1875

syn. Lacinipolia selama

Phylogenetic sequence # 933017

Numbers

There are over 62 named species of Lacinipolia in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Forewing 11-13 mm. (2)

Larvae mature to 25-32 mm. (3)

Identification

The original description as Dianthoecia lustralis Grote, is available online in the print references below.

Godfrey (1972) describes the larva. (3)

Determined from photo by Dr. Gerald Fauske, NDSIRC, NSDU

Range

British Columbia to Newfoundland and south to Virginia, Colorado and Arizona. (2), (4), (3)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most common from June to September. (2)

Food

Godfrey & Ramberg (1969) reported Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. (dandelion), and Medicago sativa L. (alfalfa), as larval hosts. (3)

Print References

Grote(5), A.R. 1875. The Canadian Entomologist. p. 223.

Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 56.13, p. 305.(2)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

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

3.	A Review and Reclassification of Larvae of the Subfamily Hadeninae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) of America North of Mexico George L. Godfrey. 1972. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1450: 1-265.

4.	Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.

5.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 June, 2012 - 10:06am
Last updated 16 May, 2013 - 8:04pm

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