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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Metoponiinae » Azenia » Obtuse Yellow - Hodges#9725 (Azenia obtusa)

Species Azenia obtusa - Obtuse Yellow - Hodges#9725

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · 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 Metoponiinae

Genus Azenia

Species obtusa (Obtuse Yellow - Hodges#9725)

Hodges Number

9725

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Azenia obtusa (Herrich-Schäffer)

Orig. Comb: Stiriodes obtusa Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

* phylogenetic sequence #931724

Numbers

6 species in North America (1)

Size

winspan 18-25 mm [Charles Covell]

Identification

Adult: forewing light yellow with three large violet-brown costal spots, and usually two small ones; AM, median, and ST lines often heavy; hindwing paler yellow with 1-3 slightly darker lines

[adapted from description by Charles Covell]

Range

e US to AZ - Map (MPG)

Season

adults fly from June to August

Food

Dodder (Cuscuta species). Reports of feeding on Ragweed (Ambrosia species) need verification.

See Also

Azenia perflava which has brown patches along the forewing outer margin

Print References

Lafontaine J.D., and B.C. Schmidt. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 1–239. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults.

Moth Photographers Group - photo of living Azenia obtusa and related species.

adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)

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 .

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 August, 2006 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, George Smiley
Last updated 30 July, 2023 - 11:57pm

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