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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Pinions (Lithophane) » Amanda's pinion - Hodges#9891 (Lithophane amanda)

Species Lithophane amanda - Amanda's pinion - Hodges#9891

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

Noctuidae: Lithophane amanda? - Lithophane amanda

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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 Xylenini

Subtribe Xylenina

Genus Lithophane (Pinions)

Species amanda (Amanda's pinion - Hodges#9891)

Hodges Number

9891

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lithophane amanda (Smith, 1900)

Xylina amanda Smith, 1900

Phylogenetic sequence # 932544

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 52 species of the genus Lithophane in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Forewing length 17-18 mm. (2)

Identification

The original description as Xylina amanda Smith, is available in the print references below.

Pacific Northwest Moths includes a detailed description of the adult. (3)

Miller & Hammond (2003) describe the larva. (4)

Range

Occurs across all of Canada and south to California and Wyoming; south to New York. (5), (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Occurs in wet forest and bog areas. (3)

Season

Adults are most common from March to October. (6)

Food

Larvae have been found on many shrubs and trees including Betula (birch), and Populus (aspen), but are usually associated with Salix sp. (willow). (2)

Larvae may also be predatory. (3)

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. p. 297; pl. 54.5. (2)

Smith, J.B. 1900. Revision of the species of Xylina. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 27: 24.

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Moth Photographers Group (6)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

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

3.	Pacific Northwest Moths

4.	Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest: Caterpillars and Adults Miller & Hammond. 2003. USDA.

5.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 May, 2013 - 4:43pm
Last updated 6 August, 2013 - 9:17pm

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