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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Sympistis » Sympistis corusca - Hodges#10074 (Sympistis corusca)

Species Sympistis corusca - Hodges#10074

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Sympistis
Species corusca (Sympistis corusca - Hodges#10074)
Hodges Number
10074
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sympistis corusca (Smith, 1899)
Oncocnemis corusca Smith, 1899
Phylogenetic sequence # 931795 (1)
Size
Smith (1899) listed a wingspan of 27 mm.
Identification
Smith (1899) original description as Oncocnemis corusca is online in the print references.
Range
California, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, and Wyoming. (2), (3)
See Also
Copanarta aurea is considerably smaller, has a reniform spot that is more rounded and more white, and has noticeably complete, fine, dark AM/PM lines.
Print References
Smith, J.B., 1899. Notes on Scotogramma and Oncocnemis with descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7: 40.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
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.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 April, 2014 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 8 April, 2023 - 8:46pm

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