Biology:Psammopolia insolens

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Short description: Species of moth

Psammopolia insolens
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Male
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Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Psammopolia
Species:
P. insolens
Binomial name
Psammopolia insolens
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Taeniocampa earina Dianthoecia insolens
  • Grote, 1874a Smith, 1893a
  • Morrison, 1874 Mamestra earina
  • Lasionycta insolens Smith, 1893a
  • Mamestra insolens McDunnough, 1938
  • McDunnough, 1938 Lasionycta earina

Psammopolia insolens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs on Pacific Coast sand beaches in central California from Carmel to Bodega Bay, Sonoma County. Most specimens are from near San Francisco .[1]

Adults are on wing in May and from mid-September through October.

References

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