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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 » Xylomoia » Chang Borer Moth - Hodges#9433 (Xylomoia chagnoni)

Species Xylomoia chagnoni - Chang Borer Moth - Hodges#9433

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Chang Borer Moth (Xylomoia chagnoni) - Xylomoia chagnoni

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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 Xylomoia

Species chagnoni (Chang Borer Moth - Hodges#9433)

Hodges Number

9433

Other Common Names

Reed Canary Grass Borer

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xylomoia chagnoni Barnes & McDunnough, 1917 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #932416

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of insect collector Gustave Chagnon (1871-1966).

Size

Wingspan average 29-30 mm.

Identification

Barnes & McDunnough (1917) original description is available online in the print references below. (1)

Range

Northeastern U.S, southeastern Canada west to Quebec and Wyoming.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most common from May to September.

Food

Uncertain but thought to be various grass species.

See Also

Xylomoia indirecta.

Print References

Barnes, W. & J. McDunnough 1917. A new Canadian Noctuid. The Canadian Entomologist. 320.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Noctuoidea of Canada

Lepbarcoding.org

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (4)

William Barnes

James Halliday McDunnough (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the genus Xylomoia (Staudinger) Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, with descriptions of two new species Kauri Mikkola. 1998. Systematic Entomology 23: 173-186.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 June, 2012 - 1:59pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, dennepj10
Last updated 31 December, 2017 - 8:02am

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