Resapamea innota

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Resapamea innota
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Resapamea
Species:
R. innota
Binomial name
Resapamea innota
(Smith, 1908) [1]
Synonyms
  • Luperina innotaSmith, 1908

Resapamea innota is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in eastern Washington and Oregon, across central and southern Idaho and northern and eastern California. [2] The habitat consists of wet meadows at low or middle elevations.

The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm. There are two forms, one with red-brown forewings with a pale reniform spot and the other with gray and light tan forewings with lighter spots and a more complex pattern. Adults are on wing from mid June to July

The larvae probably bore into the stems and roots of herbaceous vegetation.

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References

  1. 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). Zookeys264: 85-123. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4304 Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. Pacific Northwest Moths