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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) » Elaphriini » Bryolymnia » Bryolymnia ensina - Hodges#9683  (Bryolymnia ensina)

Species Bryolymnia ensina - Hodges#9683

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Elaphriini
Genus Bryolymnia
Species ensina (Bryolymnia ensina - Hodges#9683 )
Hodges Number
9683
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bryolymnia ensina (Barnes, 1907) (1)
Oligia ensina Barnes, 1907
Calymniodes obliquirena (Hampson, 1918)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932243
Size
Forewing length 12-14 mm. (2)
Identification
Follow revision in Lafontaineet al. (2010) in references below.
The original description as Oligia ensina Barnes is available online in the print references below.
Dark basal patch does not extend to inner margin. Subterminal area with grayish shading, not hoary-gray. A dark streak extends from the reniform to the st. line.
Range
Southeastern Arizona to southwestern New Mexico. (2)
Type: USA: Huachuca Mts., Arizona.
Habitat
Coniferous forests.(2)
Season
Adults fly from mid-June through August. (2), (3)
See Also
Bryolymnia biformata has a dark basal patch does not extend to the dorsal margin. Lacks a dark streak between reniform spot and st. line. Subterminal area is shaded hoary-gray.
Print References
Barnes, W. 1907. New species of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 39: 12.
Lafontaine J.D., J.B. Walsh, & R.W. Holland 2010. A revision of the genus Bryolymnia Hampson in North America with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae).(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD (4)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (5)
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.A revision of the genus Bryolymnia Hampson in North America with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae.....
Donald Lafontaine, J. Walsh, Richard Holland . 2010. ZooKeys 39: 187-204.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 July, 2012 - 6:07pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 12 July, 2020 - 2:03pm

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