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Species Feralia februalis - Hodges#10009

Maybe Bryolymnia viridata - Feralia februalis

Bryolymnia viridata? - Feralia februalis

I believe this is a specimen of Feralia februalis in Southern California - Feralia februalis

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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 Amphipyrinae

Tribe Psaphidini

Subtribe Feraliina (Mossy Sallows)

Genus Feralia

Species februalis (Feralia februalis - Hodges#10009)

Hodges Number

10009

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Feralia februalis Grote(1), 1874

Phylogenetic sequence # 931565(2)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed six species of the genus Feralia in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Forewing length 16-18 mm. (3)

Identification

Grote (1874) original description is in the print references.

Crumb (1956) described the larva. (4)

Range

Poole listed the range include Oregon to southern California(5). (6)

Habitat

Dry woodlands of the Pacific West where larval food is present.

Season

Adults fly in late winter & spring.

Food

Crumb (1956) listed Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt. and Quercus douglasi Hook. & Arn.(4)

See Also

Feralia meadowsi

Feralia comstocki

Feralia deceptiva

Feralia jocosa

Feralia major

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1874. List of the Noctuidae of North America. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Science 2: 60.

Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1: p. 186; plate 5, figs. 46-48. (7)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. plate 51, fig. 41; p. 287. (8)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Moth Photographers Group (9)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (6)

Photo of caterpillar at USGS site.

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (10)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

2.	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 .

3.	Pacific Northwest Moths

4.	The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae] Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.

5.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

6.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

7.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

8.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

9.	North American Moth Photographers Group

10.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 21 March, 2007 - 1:17am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 25 December, 2013 - 6:42pm

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