Genus Pseudobryomima

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Mossy Pseudobryomima - Pseudobryomima muscosa

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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

No Taxon (Incertae sedis)

Genus Pseudobryomima

Numbers

3 species in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan about 27 mm, based on photos by Jim Vargo and Bruce Walsh

Identification

Adult: forewing either dark with paler mottling or pale with dark patches in median and subterminal areas; lines indistinct; subterminal line jagged, irregular, with paler shading beyond it; hindwing variably pale with dark terminal band or mostly dark brownish-gray; dark discal spot usually visible

Range

British Columbia to California and Arizona

Season

P. fallax flies in February and March in California

P. muscosa flies in late summer in the north

P. distans has been collected in November in Arizona

See Also

Cryphia species are similar but the forewing lacks a subterminal line, and the body is more slender and delicate (see pinned adult images of 2 species at CBIF)

Internet References

pinned adult images of P. distans and P. fallax (California Dept. of Food and Agriculture)

pinned adult image of P. muscosa (CBIF)

pinned adult image of P. muscosa and photos of related genera/species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)

pinned adult image of P. distans (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

presence in Oregon; list P. muscosa only (Oregon State U.)

distribution in Canada British Columbia only, and only P. muscosa (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 September, 2006 - 9:39am
Last updated 27 November, 2006 - 8:11pm

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