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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) » Eriopygini » Orthodes » Orthodes noverca - Hodges#10282 (Orthodes noverca)

Species Orthodes noverca - Hodges#10282

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Orthodes
Species noverca (Orthodes noverca - Hodges#10282)
Hodges Number
10282
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orthodes noverca (Grote(1), 1878)
Polia noverca (Grote, 1878)
Mamestra noverca Grote, 1878 (2)
Syn.
Orthodes vauorbicularis
Orthodes delecta
Phylogenetic sequence # 933143
Size
Forewing length 13-16 mm.
Identification
The orbicular spot is only half lined with black, and this is a key to distinguish Orthodes noverca from the two other similar species.
Range
Western Texas and Nebraska to California and British Columbia.
Food
Larvae feed on Clematis spp. (wild clematis) Ranunculaceae. (3)
See Also
Orthodes goodelli
Orthodes detracta
Print References
Grote(1), A.R., 1878. New N. American Lepidoptera, with notes on a few little known. The Canadian Entomologist, 10: 236.
Smith, J.B. 1891. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. Revision of the species of Mamestra. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 14: 246. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Pacific Northwest Moths (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. Revision of the species of Mamestra.
John B Smith. 1891. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 14: 197-276 .
3.Pacific Northwest Moths
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 July, 2013 - 9:36am
Last updated 4 August, 2013 - 12:48am

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