Aseptis lichena

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Aseptis lichena
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Female
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Aseptis
Species:
A. lichena
Binomial name
Aseptis lichena
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Andropolia lichenaBarnes & McDunnough, 1912

Aseptis lichena is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912. It is found in the United States in south-central California (Tehachapi Mountains) and north-central California (near Blairsden, Lake Tahoe, and Yosemite Park). It is also reported from Mount Shasta, Mount Lassen, and other locations in northern California.

The wingspan is 33–39 mm. The forewings are powdery dark olive green, produced by a mixture of black, green, and yellow scales. Aseptis lichena is darker green than the similar Aseptis pseudolichena . Adults are on wing in mid-summer. [1]

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<i>Aseptis catalina</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis ethnica</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis characta</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis fumeola</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis murina</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis ferruginea</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis fanatica</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis pseudolichena</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis serrula</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis torreyana</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis susquesa</i> Species of moth

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<i>Aseptis perfumosa</i> Species of moth

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<i>Viridiseptis</i> Genus of moths

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References

  1. Mustelin, Tomas & Crabo, Lars G. (2015). "Revision of the genus Aseptis McDunnough (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini) with a description of two new genera, Paraseptis and Viridiseptis". ZooKeys (527): 57–102. Bibcode:2015ZooK..527...57M. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.527.9575 . PMC   4668888 . PMID   26692788. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.