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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 albifasciata - Hodges#10076 (Sympistis albifasciata)

Species Sympistis albifasciata - Hodges#10076

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · 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 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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