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Orthosia pacifica

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Orthosia pacifica
Illustration of Orthosia pacifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Orthosiini
Genus: Orthosia
Species:
O. pacifica
Binomial name
Orthosia pacifica
(Harvey, 1874)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Taeniocampa pacifica (Harvey, 1874)
  • Monima pacifica (Hampson, 1905)

Orthosia pacifica is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.[3][4][1] It is found in western North America.[4][2]

Adults are gray-brown. The fore-wings are light brown with darker brown and black markings. The hind-wings are whitish with darker markings. Larvae are green with white dorsal lines and markings.[2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Orthosia pacifica is 10494.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hampson, George Francis (1905). Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Vol. 5. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 429–430.
  2. ^ "Orthosia pacifica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ a b "Orthosia pacifica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Orthosia pacifica". Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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