Resapamea innota | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Resapamea |
Species: | R. innota |
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Resapamea innota (Smith, 1908) [1] | |
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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.