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Species Melanapamea mixta - Hodges#9361

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Melanapamea mixta - female Melanapamea mixta - female Melanapamea mixta - male Melanapamea mixta - male Melanapamea mixta - male Melanapamea mixta - male Melanapamea mixta - female Melanapamea mixta
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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 Melanapamea
Species mixta (Melanapamea mixta - Hodges#9361)

Hodges Number

9361

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melanapamea mixta (Grote, 1881)
Apamea mixta Grote, 1881
Phylogenetic sequence # 932362

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Melanapamea mixta as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

The forewing length is 15–18 mm. (2)

Identification

Specimen identified by Lars Crabo.
photo soon!

Season

The adults are most common from May to September. (3)

Food

The larval host plant is unknown but grasses (Poaceae) are likley based on the related species.

Remarks

more information soon!

See Also

Apamea impulsa

Print References

Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: pp. 76, 148. (1)
Mikkola, K., J.D. Lafontaine & J.D. Gill, 2009. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.9: p. 117; pl. 8.39-40. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.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 .
2.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.9. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Apameini (Part).
Mikkola, Kauri, J. Donald Lafontaine, Jocelyn Gill. 2009. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 August, 2013 - 8:48am
Last updated 7 January, 2014 - 10:13am

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