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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 » Oligia » Oligia divesta - Hodges#9559 (Oligia divesta)

Species Oligia divesta - Hodges#9559

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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 Oligia
Species divesta (Oligia divesta - Hodges#9559)
Hodges Number
9559
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oligia divesta (Grote, 1874) (1), (2)
Originally placed as Chytonix laticlava on Bug Guide.
Hadena divesta Grote, 1874
Phylogenetic sequence # 932386
Numbers
Oligia has 12 species in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Identification
Adult: forewing dark brownish-gray with black-rimmed reniform and orbicular spots filled with ground color; black basal dash; thick black bar runs from AM to PM line near inner margin; AM line scalloped; PM line toothed; several black V-shaped marks in subterminal area; hindwing dirty white basally, shading to gray distally; discal dot and PM line faint; terminal line thin, dark; fringe a mix of pale and dark scales
Range
British Columbia to California and Montana. (3), (4)
Season
Adults are most often reported from May to September. (5)
See Also
similar species of Neoligia and Oligia have a thinner and/or shorter black bar between AM and PM lines, different markings in subterminal area, and - in O. tusa - an oblique reniform spot
Fishia connecta
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1874. Preliminary catalogue of the Noctuidae of California. The Canadian Entomologist 6(1): . 215.
Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 54.40, p. 301. (6)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Pacific Northwest Moths
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico
J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.
2.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 .
3.Survey of Utah Moth Species
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 December, 2006 - 12:52am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Steve Morris
Last updated 4 April, 2022 - 1:18pm

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