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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Noctuina » Yellow Underwings (Noctua) » Lesser Yellow Underwing - Hodges#11003.2 (Noctua comes)

Species Noctua comes - Lesser Yellow Underwing - Hodges#11003.2

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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 Noctuina
Genus Noctua (Yellow Underwings)
Species comes (Lesser Yellow Underwing - Hodges#11003.2)
Hodges Number
11003.2
Identification
Similar to Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) but hindwing has a small black arc, apparently lacking in N. pronuba.
Range
Currently occurs in Canada only in British Columbia: Vancouver area and southern Vancouver Island (Jeremy Tatum)
Remarks
A European species first seen in the Vancouver BC area in 1982.
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Pacific Northwest Moths
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
live larva, pupa, adult images plus other info (Jeremy Tatum)
Works Cited
1.Noctua comes in Ontario: an introduced cutworm (Noctuidae: Noctuinae) new to Eastern North America.
J. P. Crolla. 2008. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 62(2): 106-107.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 January, 2005 - 3:38pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Steve Morris
Last updated 22 November, 2023 - 11:04am

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