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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 » Hydroeciodes » Hydroeciodes serrata - Hodges#10637 (Hydroeciodes serrata)

Species Hydroeciodes serrata - Hodges#10637

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Hydroeciodes

Species serrata (Hydroeciodes serrata - Hodges#10637)

Hodges Number

10637

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hydroeciodes serrata Grote(1), 1880)

Gortyna serrata Grote, 1880

Phylogenetic sequence # 933207

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included five species of the genus Hydroeciodes in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the forewing length as 12-15 mm. (3)

Identification

Range

Texas and New Mexico to British Columbia and Alberta. (4), (5), (6), (7), (3)

Habitat

Powell and Opler (2009) reported Hydroeciodes serrata occurs in many different habitats. (3)

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) reported adults from late July to early September. (3)

Food

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the larval host plant and immature stages are unknown. (6), (3)

See Also

Hydroeciodes serrata resembles some members of the genus Papaipema. (3)

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1880. New species of moths. The North American Entomologist, 1(11): 94.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, plate 56.30; p. 307. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (8)

Pacific Northwest Moths (6)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

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.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	Moths of Dallas County, Texas

5.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

6.	Pacific Northwest Moths

7.	An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.

8.	North American Moth Photographers Group

9.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 August, 2013 - 6:13pm
Last updated 26 September, 2013 - 7:10pm

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