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Species Anicla exuberans - Hodges#10905

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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 Noctuini
Subtribe Agrotina
Genus Anicla
Species exuberans (Anicla exuberans - Hodges#10905)
Hodges Number
10905
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anicla exuberans (Smith, 1898)
Euagrotis exuberans Smith, 1898
Phylogenetic sequence # 933221 (1)
Size
The wingspan is 37–41 mm. (2)
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 15-17 mm. (3)
Identification
Powell & Opler (2009) stated "The adults are geographically variable in FW color and size." (3)
The black thoracic collar is diagnostic.
Range
Western North America, British Columbia and Saskatchewan to Mexico.
Print References
Lafontaine, J.D., 2004. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 55; pl. B, figs. 9-20. (4)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 56, fig. 32; p. 308. (3)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (5)
Moth Photographers Group (6)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
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.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini), Fascicle 27.1
J. Donald Lafontaine. 2004. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 May, 2014 - 12:16am
Last updated 15 October, 2014 - 4:40pm

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