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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Plusiini » Plusiina » Autographa » Autographa flagellum - Hodges#8916 (Autographa flagellum)

Species Autographa flagellum - Hodges#8916

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Autographa flagellum Autographa flagellum Autographa flagellum Autographa flagellum Autographa flagellum Autographa flagellum Autographa flagellum #8916 - Autographa flagellum silver whip moth - Autographa flagellum
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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 Plusiinae (Looper Moths)
Tribe Plusiini
Subtribe Plusiina
Genus Autographa
Species flagellum (Autographa flagellum - Hodges#8916)
Hodges Number
8916
Other Common Names
Silver Whip [Randy Miller]
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Autographa flagellum (Walker, [1858])
Plusia flagellum Walker, [1858]
Phytometra flagellum
Plusia monodon Grote, 1875
Phylogenetic sequence # 931208 (1)
Size
Wingspan 35-40 mm.
Identification
Range
Across southern Canada south in the east to Maine and Wisconsin. Disjunct populations in Colorado and Pennsylvania.
Season
The main flight period is June through August. (2)
Food
Tietz (1972) reported the larvae feed on Helianthus (sunflower) and Liatris species.
Print References
Eichlin, T.D. & H.B. Cunningham, 1978. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology. USDA Tech. Bulletin 1567: 1-122. (3)
Lafontaine, J.D. & R.W. Poole, 1991. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 25.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 93; pl. 2, figs. 38-39.(4)
Walker, F., 1857. Noctuidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 909.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Pacific Northwest Moths (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
E.H. Strickland Museum (7)
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology
Thomas D. Eichlin, Hugh B. Cunningham. 1978. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1567: 1-121.
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 25.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (part), Plusiinae
J. Donald Lafontaine, Robert W. Poole. 1991. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
7.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 July, 2012 - 11:26am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 September, 2014 - 1:04pm

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