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Species Pachypolia atricornis - Hodges#9992

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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 Xylenini
Subtribe Antitypina
Genus Pachypolia
Species atricornis (Pachypolia atricornis - Hodges#9992)

Hodges Number

9992

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pachypolia atricornis Grote, 1874
Phylogenetic sequence # 932708

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Pachypolia atricornis as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Grote (1874) reported a wingspan of 45 mm.
Hampson (1906) reported 46-50 mm.

Identification

Grote (1874) and Hampson (1906) descriptions in the print references listed below.

Range

North Carolina and Tennessee to Vermont(2) and Minnesota. (3), (4)
Holotype ♂ collected in Chicago, Illinois, in (BMNH, London).
Moth Photographers Group shows a California record. ? (3)

Season

The main flight period appears to be September to November. (3)

Remarks

Uncommon to rare throughout the range.
Greham & Parker (1995) collected adult females at bait. (2)
Westcott (1876) reported Pachypolia atricornis collected by "sugaring".

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1874. On the Noctuidae of North America. Sixth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science, 27.
Hampson, G.F., 1906. Noctuidae. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum, 6: 311.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Butterlfies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)
Larry Line's Moths of Maryland
Michigan State University
Michigan's Wildlife Action Plan PDF

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.Insect diversity on Mount Mansfield
J. R. Greham, B. L. Parker . 1995. University of Vermont, 106-120.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
6.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 October, 2013 - 8:01am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 21 December, 2023 - 9:52am

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