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Species Fishia nigrescens - Hodges#9972.1

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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 Fishia

Species nigrescens (Fishia nigrescens - Hodges#9972.1)

Hodges Number

9972.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Fishia nigrescens Hammond & Crabo, 2013(1)

Size

Forewing length.(1)

♂ 19–20 mm.

♀ 18 mm.

Range

Central and eastern Oregon, Nevada, eastern California and Arizona.(1)

Season

Adults fly late fall, usually October.(1)

Food

Larvae have been reared from Ericameria nauseosa.(1)

Print References

Crabo, L.G., M. Davis, P. Hammond, T. Mustelin, J. Shepard, 2013. Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae). ZooKeys, 264: 85-123.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(2)

BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (3)

Works Cited

1.	Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from ..... Lars G. Crabo, Melanie Davis, Paul Hammond, Tomas Mustelin, Jon Shepard. 2013. ZooKeys 264: 85–123.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 October, 2013 - 10:18pm
Last updated 23 June, 2018 - 10:23pm

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