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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 » Lacinipolia » Lacinipolia stenotis - Hodges#10382 (Lacinipolia stenotis)

Species Lacinipolia stenotis - Hodges#10382

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

Lacinipolia vittula? - Lacinipolia stenotis

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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 Eriopygini

Genus Lacinipolia

Species stenotis (Lacinipolia stenotis - Hodges#10382)

Hodges Number

10382

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lacinipolia stenotis (Hampson, 1905)

Polia stenotis Hampson, 1905

Phylogenetic sequence # 933030 (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included 64 species of the genus Lacinipolia in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Forewing length 11-14 mm. (2)

Hampson (1905) reported a wingspan of 34 mm.

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Western Texas to California and British Columbia. (4), (5), (6), (7)

California, Nevada, Utah (8)

Season

Fall - late August to early October (2)

Food

The larval host plant is unknown. (2)

See Also

Lacinipolia vittula is a southern Great Plains species (2)

Print References

Hampson, G.F., 1905. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 5: 168.

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (2)

Moth Photographers Group (7)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (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.	Pacific Northwest Moths

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

6.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

7.	North American Moth Photographers Group

8.	Revision of the genus Lacinipolia McDunnough of America north of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Charles Leroy Selman. 1975. OhioLINK Electronic Theses & Dissertations Center.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 September, 2013 - 8:04pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 5 December, 2023 - 10:48pm

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