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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Sympistis » Sympistis dunbari - Hodges#10151 (Sympistis dunbari)

Species Sympistis dunbari - Hodges#10151

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Sympistis
Species dunbari (Sympistis dunbari - Hodges#10151)
Hodges Number
10151
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sympistis dunbari (Harvey, 1876) (1)
Oncocnemis dunbari (Harvey, 1876) (2)
Hadena dunbari Harvey, 1876 (3)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931926 (4)
Explanation of Names
"Named for Dr. George W. Dunbar, of Buffalo, a zealous collector." (Harvey, 1876) (3)
Size
The forewing length is 13-15 mm. (5)
Identification
Range
Canada: BC; USA: WA, OR.
Holotype from Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, American Museum of Natural History, New York. (6)
Season
The adults appear to be most common from June to October. (7)
Food
The reported larval host plant is Holodiscus discolor (oceanspray). (5)
See Also
Sympistis definita has a very similar pattern but is a paler color. (5)(8)
Sympistis ferrirena is typically larger with lines smoother and without black component doubled. (8)
Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group. (7)
Print References
Barnes, W. & J. McDunnough, 1913. Species of Lepidoptera new to our fauna with synonymical notes. The Canadian Entomologist 45(6): 184. (2)
Harvey, L.F., 1876. New Californian and Texan moths. The Canadian Entomologist 8: 52. (3)
Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 59-64. (4)
Lafontaine, J.D. & BC. Schmidt 2013. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 264: 230, 234. (9)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (5)
Moth Photographers Group (7)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (10)
Noctuoidea of Canada (Oncocnemis dunbari)
Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands
University of California, Berkeley
Works Cited
1.A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini [sensu] (Hodges, 1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), .....
J. T. Troubridge. 2008. Zootaxa 1903: 1-95.
2.Species of Lepidoptera new to our fauna with synonymical notes
William Barnes, J. H. McDunnough. 1913. The Canadian Entomologist, 45(6): 182-185.
3.New Californian and Texan Moths
Leon F. Harvey. 1876. The Canadian Entomologist 8(3): 52-56.
4.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 .
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
6.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
7.North American Moth Photographers Group
8.Six new species and one new subspecies of noctuid moths from western United States of America and Mexico...
Crabo, L.G., P.C. Hammond, T. Mustelin & D.L. Wikle. 2018. ZooKeys, 788: 201-239.
9.Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
J. Donald Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt . 2013. ZooKeys 264: 227-236.
10.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 August, 2013 - 1:44am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 11 February, 2022 - 10:48am

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