Isogona natatrix

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Noctuidae

'The Noctuids are members of the Superfamily Noctuoidea. Worldwide in distribution, this family is the largest in the Lepidoptera and has approximately 20,000 species. About 2,900 of these are found in North America, and there is wide variation in appearance and behavior. Most moths are gray to brown in color and have line or spots on their wings . Some species are brightly colored . They are small to large in size, and most species are medium-sized with wingspans 2 - 4.5 cm. When at rest, adults of most species hold their wings above their bodies like a roof. Noctuids are typically nocturnal , though some species are diurnal . Most larvae feed on plant foliage , dead leaves, lichens, and fungi; many are serious forest pests. Some species are leaf miners, others are stem- or leaf-borers, and still others feed at night on plant shoots. Noctuid moths pupate in cells in soil, in plant cavities, or in silk cocoons .

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Subfamily Catocalinae

Catocaline Noctuid Moths are members of the Family Noctuidae.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Isogona

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

I. natatrix (Isogona Natatrix) · I. punctipennis (Isogona Punctipennis) · I. scindens (Isogona Scindens) · I. segura (Isogona Segura) · I. snowi (Snow's Owlet) · I. tenuis (Thin-Lined Owlet) · I. texana (Isogona Texana)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue, bibliographical and synonymical, of the species of moths of the lepidopterous superfamily Noctuidæ found in boreal America. with critical notes, by John B. Smith. .. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1893. url p. 365.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 527, p. 66.
• Annual report of the New Jersey state museum. 1901-12, 1914. Trenton, New Jersey. [etc.]1902-15. url p. 474.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 365.
• Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N.Y.: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 1873- url p. 44.
• Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society. Milwaukee, The Society, [1900-1920] url p. 15.
• Entomological contributions by J.A. Lintner Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1872-1878 url p. 74, p. 74.
• Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 463.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url .
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 21.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 206.
• The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- url .
• The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. By W.J. Holland. .. With 48 plates in color-photography, reproductions of butterflies in the author's collection, and many text illustrations presenting most of the species found in the United States. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914. url , .
• The moth book: a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America / by W.J. Holland. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1915. url , p. 256.
• The moth book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America. .. With forty-eight plates in color photography and numerous illustrations in the text, reproducing specimens in the collection of the author, and in various public and private collections. 1916 Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & company, 1916. url p. 256, explanation of plate
• VII.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 15, 2008:

• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2632186
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-285692.0
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1685783

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]

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