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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) » Hadenini » Hadenella » Hadenella pergentilis - Hodges#10221 (Hadenella pergentilis)

Species Hadenella pergentilis - Hodges#10221

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

Hadenella pergentilis - Hodges #10221 - Hadenella pergentilis

Afotella cylindrica - Hadenella pergentilis

Hadenella, perhaps H. pergentilis - Hadenella pergentilis

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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 Hadenini

Genus Hadenella

Species pergentilis (Hadenella pergentilis - Hodges#10221)

Hodges Number

10221

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hadenella pergentilis Grote(1), 1883

Phylogenetic sequence # 932822

Numbers

The only Hadenella species found in America north of Mexico.(2)

Size

Forewing length 12-14 mm. (3)

Identification

Detailed description at Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Range

Much of the western United States and Canada.

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with some collection dates.

Habitat

Low elevation desert. (3)

Season

Most records are from March through September. (4)

Food

Larval host is uncertain. (3)

See Also

Afotella cylindrica

Print References

Grote(1), A.R. 1883. Notes on Lepidoptera. Papilio, 3: 123.

Hampson, G.F. 1909. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 8: 232.

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems

E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 November, 2012 - 11:25am
Last updated 28 May, 2013 - 6:15pm

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