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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 » Apamea » Apamea siskiyou - Hodges#9334.1 (Apamea siskiyou)

Species Apamea siskiyou - Hodges#9334.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Apamea

Species siskiyou (Apamea siskiyou - Hodges#9334.1)

Hodges Number

9334.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apamea siskiyou Mikkola & Lafontaine, 2009 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932324

Numbers

There are sixty-four named species of Apamea in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Forewing length 18–21 mm. (3)

Identification

Description at Moths of the Pacific Northwest

Specimen identified by Lars Crabo.

Range

Northern California(4) to Washington. (5), (3)

Holotype, Eight Dollar Mountain Road, [Josephine Co.], Oregon. (3), (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Occurs in the dry grasslands and oak savannah. (3)

Season

The adults are most common from May to July. (5), (3)

Food

Larval host is unknown but probably native bunch grass. (3)

See Also

Apamea antennata

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 75. (2)

Mikkola, K, Lafontaine, J.D., & J. Gill, 2009. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.9. p. 60, pl. 3.21-23.(1)

Internet References

Moths of the Pacific Northwest (3)

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.9. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Apameini (Part). Mikkola, Kauri, J. Donald Lafontaine, Jocelyn Gill. 2009. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	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 .

3.	Pacific Northwest Moths

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 30 August, 2012 - 9:24pm
Last updated 21 August, 2013 - 6:44pm

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