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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) » Apameini » Oligia » Small Brocade - Hodges#9416 (Oligia minuscula)

Species Oligia minuscula - Small Brocade - Hodges#9416

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

9416 Small Brocade (Oligia miniscula) - Oligia minuscula

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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 Apameini

Genus Oligia

Species minuscula (Small Brocade - Hodges#9416)

Hodges Number

9416

Other Common Names

Bog Oligia

Numbers

local and very rare (in Quebec)

two subspecies listed at All-Leps: O. m. minuscula and O. m. grahami

Identification

Adult: forewing grayish-brown with pale gray terminal band and another pale band outside AM line; typical form has black bar from claviform spot to PM line (absent in form "grahami"); reniform and orbicular spots dark with pale outline; blackish patch between orbicular spot and AM line, between reniform and orbicular spots, and along costa in subterminal area; hindwing dark grayish-brown, paler toward base

Range

Newfoundland to Manitoba and adjacent northern states, south to Massachusetts

Habitat

sphagnum bogs

Season

adults fly in August and September

Food

larval host unknown

Handfield reports adults nectaring on goldenrod (Solidago) during the day, and also coming to light at night

Print References

Handfield, Louis. 1999. Les Guides des Papillons du Quebec. Broquet. 662 pp.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

pinned adult image (CBIF)

25 pinned adult images and collection site map (All-Leps)

common name reference [Bog Oligia] plus status in New Jersey, listed as historical (New Jersey Dept. of Parks and Forests)

distribution in Canada list of provinces (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 September, 2006 - 6:01am
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 17 January, 2019 - 3:05pm

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