Parabagrotis cupidissima is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (owlet moths).[1][2][3] It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875 and is found in North America,[2] where it ranges from southern Vancouver Island, along the Pacific Coast states, to southern California. The habitat consists of grasslands and oak woodlands.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Parabagrotis |
Species: | P. cupidissima
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Binomial name | |
Parabagrotis cupidissima (Grote, 1875)
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The length of the forewings is 15–18 mm.
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae species.[4]
The MONA or Hodges number for Parabagrotis cupidissima is 11047.3.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Parabagrotis cupidissima Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ a b "Parabagrotis cupidissima Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "Parabagrotis cupidissima Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ Pacific Northwest Moths
- ^ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
- ^ "Parabagrotis cupidissima, Hodges 11047.3". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
Further reading
edit- Lafontaine, J. Donald, Dominick, R. B. et al., eds. (1998). "Noctuoidea Noctuidae (part) Noctuinae (part - Noctuini)". The Moths of America North of Mexico, fasc. 27.3, 348.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, vol. 40, 1–239.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
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