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Species Meropleon diversicolor - Multicolored Sedgeminer - Hodges#9427

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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 Meropleon
Species diversicolor (Multicolored Sedgeminer - Hodges#9427)

Hodges Number

9427

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Meropleon diversicolor (Morrison, 1874)
Demas diversicolor Morrison, 1874
Meropleon diversicolor diversicolor Morrison, 1874
Meropleon diversicolor sullivani Ferguson, 1982 (1)

Season

August-September (Ontario, Canada)

Life Cycle

Larvae bore into sedges in wetlands.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.A revision of the genus Meropleon Dyar, with descriptions of a new species and subspecies (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Ferguson, D.C. 1982. Entomography, 1: 223-235.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Cotinis on 28 December, 2006 - 10:49pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 7 March, 2020 - 3:55am

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