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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) » Apameini » Cordgrass Borers (Photedes) » Spartina Borer - Hodges#9435 (Photedes inops)

Species Photedes inops - Spartina Borer - Hodges#9435

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Noctuidae: Unknown Specimen - Photedes inops IMG_0819 - Photedes inops Photedes inops Photedes inops Photedes inops Photedes inops Photedes inops Spartina Borer - Hodges#9435 - Photedes inops
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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 Photedes (Cordgrass Borers)
Species inops (Spartina Borer - Hodges#9435)
Hodges Number
9435
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Photedes inops (Grote, 1881)
Spartiniphaga inops
Phylogenetic sequence # 932419
Size
Forewing length 12–15 mm. (1)
Range
Moth Photographers Group map (2)
Habitat
Marshes. (3)
Food
The larval host plants include Spartina spp. (cordgrass) Poaceae). (1)
Remarks
Uncommon to rare throughout its range.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (4)
Pacific Northwest Moths (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Pacific Northwest Moths
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.
4.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 October, 2013 - 10:06am
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 April, 2021 - 12:08pm

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