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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 longula - Hodges#9383 (Apamea longula)

Species Apamea longula - Hodges#9383

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

Apamea longula - Hodges #9383 - Apamea longula

Noctuidae: Apamea longula - Apamea longula

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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 longula (Apamea longula - Hodges#9383)

Hodges Number

9383

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apamea longula (Grote, 1879) (1)

Hadena longula Grote, 1879

Luperina longula (Grote, 1879) (412)

*Phylogenetic sequence # 932341

Numbers

There are 64 named species of Apamea in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Forewing length 17-22 mm (2)

Identification

Forewing has black basal dash and one in the median area. (2)

Hindwing is light grayish tan. (2)

Range

Much of western North America. (3), (4), (5)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Most records are from June through October. (3)

See Also

Apamea burgessi is similar but has a white hindwing.

Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group

Print References

Mikkola, K., J.D. Lafontaine & J.D. Gill, 2009. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.9: p. 80; pl. 6.1-4.(6)

Smith, J.B. 1890. Contributions towards a monograph of the Noctuids of temperate North America. Proceedings of the National Museum. Vol. 13, p. (412)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Pacific Northwest Moths

University of Alberta E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems

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.	Pacific Northwest Moths

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)

6.	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.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2012 - 2:22pm
Last updated 22 March, 2013 - 12:32am

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