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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 » Cordgrass Borers (Photedes) » Narrow-winged Borer - Hodges#9443 (Photedes defecta)

Species Photedes defecta - Narrow-winged Borer - Hodges#9443

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Narrow-winged Borer - Photedes defecta Noctuidae: Photedes defecta - Photedes defecta Narrow-winged Borer - Photedes defecta Moth ID request - Photedes defecta Noctuidae: Photedes defecta - Photedes defecta Photedes defecta Lépidoptère - Photedes defecta Lépidoptère - Photedes defecta
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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 Photedes (Cordgrass Borers)
Species defecta (Narrow-winged Borer - Hodges#9443)
Hodges Number
9443
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Photedes defecta (Grote, 1874)
Senta defecta Grote, 1874
Chortodes defecta
Hypocoena defecta
Identification
See the E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum for details.
Habitat
Wet meadows and wetland edges.
Food
Lichen
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1874. On the Noctuidae of North America. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy. 6: 29
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Pacific Northwest Moths (3)
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (4)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Pacific Northwest Moths
4.University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Contributed by Ian Maton on 14 August, 2012 - 8:56pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 2 January, 2016 - 6:30am

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