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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 » Noctuina » Spaelotis » Spaelotis unicava - Hodges#10926.2 (Spaelotis unicava)

Species Spaelotis unicava - Hodges#10926.2

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

Spaelotis unicava - Hodges #10926.2 - Spaelotis unicava

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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 Noctuina

Genus Spaelotis

Species unicava (Spaelotis unicava - Hodges#10926.2)

Hodges Number

10926.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Spaelotis unicava Lafontaine, 1998 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #933556 (2)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed six species of the genus Spaelotis in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Forewing length 17-20 mm.(1)(3)

Range

California(4) and Arizona to Montana and British Columbia.

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

Habitat

Found in dry forest and desert habitats.(3)

Season

Adults are most common from April to September.

Food

One known larval host is Coleogyne ramosissima Torr. (blackbrush) (3)

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 78; pl. 2.9-10. (1)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3 J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

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.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 February, 2013 - 3:31pm
Last updated 7 December, 2013 - 11:21pm

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