Polychrysia moneta

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

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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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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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Polychrysia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. moneta (Golden Plusia Moth)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Annual report / Entomological Society of Ontario. Toronto, The Society. url p. 122.
• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url p. 216.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 193.
• Larvae of owlet moths (Noctuidae): biology, morphology, and classification / by O.I. Merzheevskaya; George L. Godfrey, scientific editor; [translated from the Russian by P.M. Rao]. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, 1988. url , p. 292, p. 416.
• On a collection of butterflies. London, 1880-98 url .
• Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 50, p. 57.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url p. 101, p. 289, p. 291, p. 48, p. 52, p. 93.
• The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- url p. 287.
• 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. 236.
• 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. 236, explanation of plate XXVIII.

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:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norwegian Lepidoptera collection, Oslo
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Bugs
• Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Scarce Macro Moth Review Data
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, European Lepidoptera Observations by Donald Hobern
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, European Moth Nights
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Lepidoptera collection of Hannu Saarenmaa
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Lepidopterological Society of Finland
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn, inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2972129
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-280974.0
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 631305

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]
2. Mean = 845.620 meters (2,774.344 feet), Standard Deviation = 736.850 based on 4,429 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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