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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Plagiomimicus » Plagiomimicus triplagiatus - Hodges#9753 (Plagiomimicus triplagiatus)

Species Plagiomimicus triplagiatus - Hodges#9753

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · 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 Stiriinae

Tribe Stiriini

Genus Plagiomimicus

Species triplagiatus (Plagiomimicus triplagiatus - Hodges#9753)

Hodges Number

9753

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plagiomimicus triplagiatus Smith, 1890

Plagiomimicus triplagiata Smith, 1890

Phylogenetic sequence # 931662

Size

Forewing length about 12.3 mm.(1)

Identification

Description is available in the print references.

Forewing has L shaped orbicular mark.

Forewing white terminal line has contrasting dark brown along lower half.

Contrasting dark brown subterminal line inner half of forewing.

Update:

Please see notes with this photo.

Range

Arizona to western Texas and north along the front range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

The adults are most common from August to September. (2)

Food

The larval host plant and immature stages are unknown. (1), (3)

Remarks

Rare in collections. (3)

See Also

Plagiomimicus pityochromus is a larger moth

P. concinnum has a large round orbicular mark and is found mainly in Mexico

Print References

Hampson, G.F., 1913. Noctuidae. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. p. 251.

Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1. p. 101; pl. 3.44. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(2)

Nearctica.com (no photo) (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2012 - 6:03pm
Last updated 23 September, 2014 - 11:22am

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