Resapamea passer

Resapamea passer
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Resapamea
Species:	R. passer
Binomial name
Resapamea passer (Guenée, 1852) [1]
Synonyms
Mamestra passerGuenée, 1852 Mesapamea passer Hadena birnataSmith, 1908 Luceria conspicuaMorrison, 1874 Agrotis incallidaWalker, 1857 Luceria loculataMorrison, 1874 Hadena hulstiiGrote, 1880 Luperina hulstii Hadena mornaStrecker, 1878 Luperina morna Hadena virgunculaSmith, 1899 Luperina virguncula

Resapamea passer, the dock rustic moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found from central Alberta to northern Arizona in the Rocky Mountain region. In the mid-Continent it ranges from Minnesota and southern Ontario to Oklahoma and North Carolina, reaching the Atlantic Coast from Newfoundland to Maryland. ^[2] The habitat consists of wetlands.

The length of the forewings is 15–19 mm. ^[3]

The larvae feed on Rumex and possibly Polygonum species. They bore into the stems and roots of their host plant.

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
2. Pacific Northwest Moths
3. Bug Guide