Phosphila miselioides, the spotted phosphila, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.[1][2] It was described by Achille Guenée in 1852 and is found in North America.[2]

Phosphila miselioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Phosphila
Species:
P. miselioides
Binomial name
Phosphila miselioides
(Guenee, 1852)

The MONA or Hodges number for Phosphila miselioides is 9619.[3][4]

Spotted Phosphila (Hodges #9619), Phosphila miselioides, Pryor, OK, USA[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Phosphila miselioides Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  2. ^ a b "Phosphila miselioides Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  3. ^ Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B. & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. ^ "Phosphila miselioides, Spotted Phosphila - Hodges 9619". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  5. ^ "Images and collection data for Phosphila miselioides". Pictures from Earth. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

Further reading edit

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Crabo, L.; 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)". ZooKeys. 264: 85–123.
  • Lafontaine, D. & Troubridge, J. (2010). "Two new species of the Euxoa westermanni species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)". ZooKeys. 39: 255–262.
  • Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 1–239.