| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Noctuini |
Protolampra rufipectus (Morrison 1864)
| Common name: no accepted
common name listed here as 'Brown shouldered dart.'
Hodges #: 11004. Identification: Rfw 15.36 mm, frons smooth, head and pro-thorax darker than fw ground color; hw width subequal to fw; pro-tibia with one or two apical setae; thoracic vestiture of hair-like scales.. Ventral abdomen of && without foveae. Similar species: 10801, 10915, 10923, 10924, 10926, 10927.1, 10928, 10978.1, 11006, 11029, 11042.1, and 11047. Distribution: Transcontinental from Alaska to Nova Scotia, southward into northern United States, at higher elevations in the Rockies ranging south to NM, AZ, and CA. Hosts: known hosts include Salix spp.-- willow,
Amerlacher spp.-- serviceberry (Crumb 1956) and Spiraea
latifolia-- willow-leaved spiraea (McCabe 1991). |
ND Divide Co., 10 mi
NNW Alamo, |
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Thoracic vestiture of P. brunneicollis (left) and P. rufipectus (right). |
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