Ogdoconta fergusoni

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Ogdoconta fergusoni
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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: Ogdoconta
Species:
O. fergusoni
Binomial name
Ogdoconta fergusoni
Metzler & Lafontaine, 2013

Ogdoconta fergusoni is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in Florida, southern Mississippi and southern Louisiana. [1]

The length of the forewings is 9 mm for males and 9–10.5 mm for females. The dorsal surface ground color of the forewings is gray brown with dirty-white-tipped scales. The hindwing scales are fuscous-tipped pale gray and the terminal line is finely marked dark brown.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Douglas Campbell Ferguson.

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References

  1. Metzler, E.H. ; E.C. Knudson ; R.W. Poole ; J.D. Lafontaine & M.G. Pogue, 2013: A review of the genus Ogdoconta Butler (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Condicinae, Condicini) from North America north of Mexico with descriptions of three new species. Zookeys264: 165-191. Abstract and full article: doi : 10.3897/zookeys.264.4060 Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.