Mesogona olivata

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Mesogona olivata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mesogona
Species:
M. olivata
Binomial name
Mesogona olivata
(Harvey, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Glaea olivataHarvey, 1874
  • Choephora blandaGrote, 1876a
  • Pseudoglaea blandaGrote, 1876b
  • Pseudoglaea taedataGrote, 1876b
  • Cerastis olivataGrote, 1878
  • Pseudoglaea deceptaGrote, 1881
  • Metalepsis blandaDyar, 1903
  • Metalepsis taedataDyar, 1903
  • Metalepsis deceptaDyar, 1903
  • Mythimna blandaHampson, 1903
  • Mythimna taedataHampson, 1903
  • Mythimna deceptaHampson, 1903
  • Spectraglaea olivataHampson, 1906
  • Mythimna olivataBarnes & McDunnough, 1917
  • Pseudoglaea olivataMcDunnough, 1927

Mesogona olivata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern coastal and interior British Columbia south through California, Colorado and Texas. It most likely also occurs in northern Mexico.

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are on wing from August to November.

The larvae feed on various deciduous shrubs and trees, including poplar, oak, hazel, amelanchier, alder, antelope brush, Symphoricarpos , and Berberis . It has been reared from Quercus garryana , Ceanothus velutinus and Quercus agrifolia .


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