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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) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Protogygia » Protogygia postera - Hodges#10892.1 (Protogygia postera)

Species Protogygia postera - Hodges#10892.1

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

Protogygia postera - Hodges #10892.1 - Protogygia postera

Setagrotis radiola or Protogygia postera ? - Protogygia postera

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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 Noctuini

Subtribe Agrotina

Genus Protogygia

Species postera (Protogygia postera - Hodges#10892.1)

Hodges Number

10892.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Protogygia postera Fauske & Lafontaine, 2004 (1), (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933294

Numbers

There are sixteen named species of the genus Protogygia in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Forewing length 15-17 mm.(2),(3)

Identification

Detailed description.(3), (2)

Adults: (3)

Forewings appear streaky with the dark veins and lighter color near them.

Thin back basal dash.

Orbicular spot is of the forewing ground color and a long diamond shape.

Reniform spots are also of the ground color and have a thin arrow shape.

Range

Baja California to New Mexico and north to Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection locations and dates.

Season

Most records are from May through September. (4)

Food

Larval host is unknown.(3), (2)

See Also

Protogygia lagena

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 2004. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 187; pl. I.14-17.(2)

Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 57.5; p. 309.(5)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Moth Photographers Group

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

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

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.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini), Fascicle 27.1 J. Donald Lafontaine. 2004. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

3.	Pacific Northwest Moths

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 November, 2012 - 12:49pm
Last updated 7 December, 2013 - 9:53pm

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