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Species Sympistis corusca - Hodges#10074

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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.