| Resapamea passer | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Resapamea |
| Species: | R. passer
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| Binomial name | |
| Resapamea passer (Guenée, 1852)
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| Synonyms | |
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Resapamea passer, the dock rustic moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found from central Alberta to northern Arizona in the Rocky Mountain region. In the mid-Continent it ranges from Minnesota and southern Ontario to Oklahoma and North Carolina, reaching the Atlantic Coast from Newfoundland to Maryland. [2] The habitat consists of wetlands.
The length of the forewings is 15–19 mm. [3]
The larvae feed on Rumex and possibly Polygonum species. They bore into the stems and roots of their host plant.
- ^ Crabo, L.G.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T; Shepard, J., 2013: Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae). Zookeys 264: 85-123. Abstract and full article: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.264.4304
- ^ Pacific Northwest Moths
- ^ Bug Guide
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| Resapamea passer | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Female | |
|
| |
| Male | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Resapamea |
| Species: | R. passer
|
| Binomial name | |
| Resapamea passer (Guenée, 1852)
[1]
| |
| Synonyms | |
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Resapamea passer, the dock rustic moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found from central Alberta to northern Arizona in the Rocky Mountain region. In the mid-Continent it ranges from Minnesota and southern Ontario to Oklahoma and North Carolina, reaching the Atlantic Coast from Newfoundland to Maryland. [2] The habitat consists of wetlands.
The length of the forewings is 15–19 mm. [3]
The larvae feed on Rumex and possibly Polygonum species. They bore into the stems and roots of their host plant.
- ^ Crabo, L.G.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T; Shepard, J., 2013: Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae). Zookeys 264: 85-123. Abstract and full article: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.264.4304
- ^ Pacific Northwest Moths
- ^ Bug Guide
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| This Hadeninae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |