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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 Noctuid - Protogygia postera Brown noctuid - Protogygia postera Brown noctuid - Protogygia postera Setagrotis radiola or Protogygia postera ? - Protogygia postera Protogygia postera A specimen of 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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