Biology:Psammopolia arietis
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Psammopolia |
| Species: | P. arietis
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| Psammopolia arietis (Grote, 1879)
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Psammopolia arietis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs on Pacific Coast sand beaches from Mendocino, California to south-western Alaska. It is absent from the inland Strait of Georgia.[1]
Adults are on wing from late July to early September.
The larvae live in sand dunes and feed on Lathyrus littoralis, Polygonum paronychia, Abronia latifolia and an unspecified grass.[1]
Description
Psammopolia arietis are brownish silver-gray. Its forewings have a busy pattern of black lines and spots while its hindwings are a light brown. It is most often confused with Psammopolia wyatti however it can be distinguished due to its smaller size and larger spots with dark centers.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crabo, Lars; Lafontaine, Donald (2009-12-18). "A Revision of Lasionycta Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) for North America and notes on Eurasian species, with descriptions of 17 new species, 6 new subspecies, a new genus, and two new species of Tricholita Grote" (in en). ZooKeys 30: 1–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.30.308. ISSN 1313-2970. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2110/.
- ↑ "PNW Moths | Psammopolia arietis". http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-noctuinae/tribe-eriopygini/psammopolia/psammopolia-arietis/.
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