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Species Lacinipolia stricta - Brown Arches Moth - Hodges#10398

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Lacinipolia stricta – Brown Arches Moth 10398 - Lacinipolia stricta Noctuidae: Lacinipolia olivacea? - Lacinipolia stricta Brown Arches Moth Eggs - Lacinipolia stricta Noctuidae: Lacinipolia stricta - Lacinipolia stricta Lacinipolia stricta Lacinipolia stricta Brown Arches Moth - Lacinipolia stricta Lacinipolia stricta
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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 Eriopygini
Genus Lacinipolia
Species stricta (Brown Arches Moth - Hodges#10398)

Hodges Number

10398

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lacinipolia stricta (Walker, 1865)
Previously four subspecies were recognized.
Phylogenetic sequence # 933045 (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 64 species of the genus Lacinipolia in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Forewing length 10-13 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult: forewing dark brown in median area, paler yellowish-brown in basal and subterminal areas; terminal area dark brown mixed with black; reniform spot pale brown, angular, with conspicuous thick white outline; hindwing dirty brownish-gray with pale yellowish terminal line and fringe

Range

British Columbia to California(3), east to Utah(4), north to Alberta.

Season

The main flight period is August to September, with records starting in March from California. (5)

Food

The larvae are cutworms feedings on various herbaceous vegetation including agricultural crops. (2)

See Also

Lacinipolia circumcincta

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

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.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Survey of Utah Moth Species
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 September, 2006 - 11:28pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, Steve Morris
Last updated 11 February, 2022 - 7:33pm

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