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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Matigramma » Dusty Lined Matigramma - Hodges#8679 (Matigramma pulverilinea)

Species Matigramma pulverilinea - Dusty Lined Matigramma - Hodges#8679

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Matigramma
Species pulverilinea (Dusty Lined Matigramma - Hodges#8679)
Hodges Number
8679
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Matigramma pulverilinea Grote, 1872
Phylogenetic sequence #931006
Explanation of Names
PULVERILINEA; from the Latin "pulveris" (dust) + "linea" (a line); probably refers to the wavy lines and scattered pale scales resembling dust on the forewing, and is the origin of the suggested common name, Dusty Lined Matigramma
Size
forewing length 13-17 mm(1)
Identification
Adults - forewing dark brownish-gray covered with scattered pale scales as though flecked with dust; PM and subterminal lines wavy, pale, edged in black, the area between them slightly darker than remainder of wing; medial line wavy, black, diffuse; AM line indistinct, pale, edged with dark scales; terminal line a series of black dashes, edged distally with pale scales; fringe dark; hindwing similar but with incomplete and less distinct lines.
Range
Florida to Texas, north to Kansas, Missouri, and Kentucky; type specimens (male & female) collected in Alabama. Apparently the only Matigramma species that occurs north of the southern tier of states.
Season
Adults fly from April to September.
Print References
Franclemont, J. G. 1986. New species and new genera of noctuids from Arizona, Texas, and Mexico: the genera Matigramma and Acritogramma (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catocalinae). Journal Kansas Entomological Society 59(1): 163 (PDF download)
Grote, A. R. 1872. Descriptions of North American Noctuidae - no.1. Trans. American Ent. Soc. 4: 22
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)
presence in Texas; list (Dale Clark, Texas)
presence in Kentucky; county distribution map and dates (Jeffrey Marcus, Western Kentucky U.)
Works Cited
1.New species and new genera of noctuids from Arizona, Texas, and Mexico: the genera Matigramma and Acritogramma
John G. Franclemont. 1986. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59(1): 143-172.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 January, 2007 - 11:07pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 February, 2013 - 10:29am

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