Leucania pseudargyria

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Overview

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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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Leucania

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. adjuta (Adjutant Wainscot) · L. anteroclera (Leucania Anteroclera) · L. calidior (Leucania Calidior) · L. comma (Leucania Comma) · L. commoides (Leucania Commoides) · L. extincta (Leucania Extincta) · L. farcta (Leucania Farcta) · L. februalis (Leucania Februalis) · L. formosana (Rren in Seitz) · L. imperfecta (Leucania Imperfecta) · L. incognita (Leucania Incognita) · L. inermis (Unarmed Wainscot) · L. infatuans (Leucania Infatuans) · L. insueta (Leucania Insueta) · L. lapidaria (Leucania Lapidaria) · L. latiuscula (Leucania Latiuscula) · L. linda (Leucania Linda) · L. linita (Leucania Linita) · L. multilinea (Many-Lined Wainscot) · L. oaxacana (Leucania Oaxacana) · L. perstrigata (Leucania Perstrigata) · L. phragmitidicola (Phragmites Wainscot) · L. pilipalpis (Leucania Pilipalpis) · L. pseudargyria (False Wainscot) · L. scirpicola (Scirpus Wainscot) · L. sp. (Leucania Sp.) · L. stolata (Leucania Stolata) · L. subpunctata (Leucania Subpunctata) · L. ursula (Ursula Wainscot)

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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. 189.
• Annual report / Albany: University of the State of New York, 1902-1918. url p. 91.
• Annual report / Entomological Society of Ontario. Toronto, The Society. url p. 101.
• Annual report of the New Jersey State Museum. Trenton, N.J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, url p. 458.
• Annual report of the New Jersey state museum. 1901-12, 1914. Trenton, New Jersey. [etc.]1902-15. url p. 458.
• Annual report of the Regents / Albany: J.B. Lyon, State Printer, 1890-1903. url p. 1041.
• Annual report of the Regents of the University on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, with catalogues of the same. Albany, N.Y.: The University, 1848-1873. url p. 194, p. 199.
• Annual report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. Albany, Regents of the University of the State of New York. url p. 146, p. 158.
• Biological survey of the Mount Desert Region, conducted by William Procter... From the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Philadelphia, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1927-1946. url p. 241.
• Bulletin - New York State Museum. Albany: New York State Education Dept. url p. 1041.
• Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N.Y.: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 1873- url p. 101, p. 101, p. 102, p. 102.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 87 1941 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url descr. of plate 5 , p. 475.
• Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. St. John, N. B., Natural History Society of New Brunswick. url p. 217.
• Catalogue of insects found in New Jersey. Trenton, N. J.: John L. Murphy, 1890. url p. 316.
• Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 173.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 173.
• Contents and index of the reports of the State entomologist of Illinois. Stephen A. Forbes. [Urbana?]: The State, 1909. url p. 147, p. 17.
• Entomological contributions by J.A. Lintner Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1872-1878 url p. 158, p. 158, p. 62, p. 62, p. 67, p. 67.
• 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. 203, p. 72, p. 72, p. 78.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. url p. 333, p. 553, p. 960.
• Final report. v. 1-8. Trenton, 1888-1917. url p. 316.
• Grasses of North America / by W.J. Beal. New York: H. Holt, 1887-1896. url p. 397.
• Grasses of North America for farmers and students. .. / by W.J. Beal. Lansing: W.J. Beal, 1887-1896. url p. 397.
• Grasses of North America. .. by W. J. Beal. New York: H. Holt and company, 1887-96. url p. 397.
• Index to the literature of American economic entomology. Melrose Highlands, Mass. [etc.], American Association of Economic Entomologists [etc.], 1917-62. url p. 184, p. 208.
• Insect life / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, url p. 453.
• List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum / London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1854-66. url p. 77.
• List of the specimens of the British animals in the collection of the British museum. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1845-55. url .
• Museum bulletin / New York State Museum. Albany, N.Y.: University of the State of New York, 1908-1916. url p. 91.
• Notes on the Lepidoptera of America / by Aug. R. Grote and Coleman T. Robinson. New York: Printed by the New York Printing Company, 1867. url p. 101, p. 102.
• On a collection of butterflies. London, 1880-98 url p. 663.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 222.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 25 1903 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 178.
• Report of the State Entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co.; University of the State of New York, 1882- url p. 1041, p. 482.
• Report of the state entomologist on the noxious and beneficial insects of the state of Illinois. Springfield, Ill.: State Entomologist, -1916. url , , , , , p. 171, p. 231, p. 244.
• Report on the injurious and other insects of the State of New York. Albany: State Entomologist, 1882-1898. url p. 340, p. 482.
• The Canadian entomologist. Ottawa [etc.]Entomological Society of Canada [etc.] url p. 109, p. 132, p. 132, p. 132, p. 24, p. 24, p. 259, p. 259, p. 332, p. 332.
• The Lepidopterists' news: the monthly newsletter of the Lepidopterists' Society. Cambridge, Mass.: Lepidopterists' Society, 1947-1958. url p. 105.
• Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. London, The Society. url p. 663.
• Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Topeka, Kan.: Geo. W. Martin url p. 103.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2632225
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-255980.0
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1658603

Footnotes

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

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