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Species Xestia conchis - Hodges#10946

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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 Noctuini

Subtribe Noctuina

Genus Xestia

Species conchis (Xestia conchis - Hodges#10946)

Hodges Number

10946

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xestia conchis (Grote(1), 1879)

Agrotis conchis Grote, 1879 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933574 (3)

Numbers

Size

Grote (1879) listed the wingspan as 40 mm. (2)

Identification

The Grote (1879) and Hampson (1903) descriptions are available in the print references.

Determined by Hugh McGuinness

Range

Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado. (4), (5), (6), (7)

The types were labeled "Colorado" in BMNH (British Museum of Natural History.

Season

The adults are most common from June to September.

Food

The larvae of this genus are general feeders and often considered a pest of crop production.

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1879. New western Noctuidae. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 66. (2)

Grote, A.R., 1882. Specimens of North American Noctuidae. An illustrated essay on the Noctuidae of North America , with "A colony of butterflies.". J. Van Voorst in London , 52.

Hampson, G.F., 1903. Noctuidae. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 4: 401.

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 117; pl. 2.40-41. (8)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (6)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)

Works Cited

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

2.	New western Noctuidæ A. R. Grote. 1879. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 61-66.

3.	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 .

4.	Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)

5.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

7.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

8.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3 J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

9.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2013 - 8:09am
Last updated 13 May, 2014 - 6:38pm

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