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Species Diarsia dislocata - Hodges#10918

Protolampra rufipectus I think - Diarsia dislocata

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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 Noctuini

Subtribe Noctuina

Genus Diarsia

Species dislocata (Diarsia dislocata - Hodges#10918)

Hodges Number

10918

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Diarsia dislocata (Smith, 1904)

Noctua dislocata Smith, 1904

Phylogenetic sequence # 933532 (1)

Size

Smith (1904) listed the wingspan as 31-35 mm.

Identification

Smith (1904) original description is available in the print references.

Range

Widespread across all of Canada, south to Colorado and Oregon.(2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

Lectotype from Canada, Alberta, Calgary, head of Pine Creek, designated by Todd (1982). (7)

Season

The peak of the flight period appears to be June to August. (8)

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 34; pl. 1.9. (9)

Morris, R.F., 1980. Butterflies and Moths of Newfoundland and Labrador : The Macrolepidoptera. Agriculture Canada, p. 109. (4)

Smith, J.B., 1904. New Noctuidae for 1904. The Canadian Entomologist, 36: p. 149.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (8)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (10)

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.	Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)

3.	Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera J. C. E. Riotte. 1992. Royal Ontario Museum 1-208.

4.	Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador the macrolepidoptera Ray F. Morris. 1980. Agriculture Canada 1691: 374-379.

5.	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.

6.	An Annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada

7.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

8.	North American Moth Photographers Group

9.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3 J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

10.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 October, 2013 - 12:18am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 16 November, 2023 - 9:02am

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