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Species Sympistis albifasciata - Hodges#10076

addition to MPG? - Sympistis albifasciata

Moth on rabbit brush - Sympistis albifasciata

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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 albifasciata (Sympistis albifasciata - Hodges#10076)

Hodges Number

10076

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sympistis albifasciata (Hampson, 1906)

Oncocnemis albifasciata Hampson, 1906

Phylogenetic sequence # 931799

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 176 species of the genus Sympistis in America north of Mexico. (1)

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2013) reinstated one species. (2)

Size

Hampson (1906) listed the wingspan as 32 mm.

The forewing length 12-14 mm. (3)

Range

Sympistis albifasciata occurs throughout most of western North America. (4), (5), (3)

Season

The adults appear to be most common during the months of July to September. (5)

Food

The adults are partially diurnal and visit flowers of Chrysothamnus species (rabbitbrush). (3)

The larval host plant is thought to be Penstemon species as the other members of the genus. (3)

Remarks

The adults are often attracted to lights. (3)

Print References

Hampson, G.F., 1906. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 6: 152, pl. 99, fig. 18.

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. (1)

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. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

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.	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.

3.	Pacific Northwest Moths

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 September, 2013 - 8:56pm
Last updated 12 December, 2013 - 8:07am

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