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Species Rhizagrotis stylata - Hodges#10176

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Rhizagrotis stylata - Hodges #10176 - Rhizagrotis stylata Euxoa pluralis? - Rhizagrotis stylata Cucullia? - Rhizagrotis stylata Rhizagrotis stylata Noctuidae - Rhizagrotis stylata Noctuidae - Rhizagrotis stylata Noctuid - Rhizagrotis stylata Noctuinae sp? - Rhizagrotis stylata
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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 Antitypina
Genus Rhizagrotis
Species stylata (Rhizagrotis stylata - Hodges#10176)

Hodges Number

10176

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhizagrotis stylata Smith, 1893
Cerapoda stylata Smith, 1893
Phylogenetic sequence # 932689

Numbers

Rhizagrotis includes four species in America, north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Wingspan 38-40 mm. (3)

Identification

Range

Arizona to Alberta, Canada.

Season

Adults are most common from May to July. (4)

Food

The host plant is unknown.

Remarks

Subspecies: (3)
Rhizagrotis stylata stylata
Rhizagrotis stylata arida

See Also

Check the forewings for the missing PM lines and also the dark-shading in and around the reniform spots. The orbicular spots may be shaded, irregular, oblong or pointy.
Euxoa pluralis

Print References

Smith, J.B. 1894. Descriptions of new genera and species of Noctuidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 21: 69, plate 2, fig. 4.
Hampson, G.F. 1906. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British M, 6: useum182.

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (5)
Moth Photographers Group (4)

Works Cited

1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
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.Wikipedia
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 30 June, 2013 - 11:21am
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 8 July, 2023 - 12:49pm

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