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Agrochola lota

(Red-Lined Quaker)

Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Zwartstipvlinder

Common Names in English:

Red-Line Quaker, Red-Lined Quaker

Common Names in Spanish:

Rödstreckat Backfly

Description

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Family Noctuidae

'The Noctuids are members of the Superfamily Noctuoidea. Worldwide in distribution, this family is the largest in the Lepidoptera and has approximately 20,000 species. About 2,900 of these are found in North America, and there is wide variation in appearance and behavior. Most moths are gray to brown in color and have line or spots on their wings. Some species are brightly colored . They are small to large in size, and most species are medium-sized with wingspans 2 - 4.5 cm. When at rest, adults of most species hold their wings above their bodies like a roof. Noctuids are typically nocturnal , though some species are diurnal . Most larvae feed on plant foliage , dead leaves, lichens, and fungi; many are serious forest pests. Some species are leaf miners, others are stem- or leaf-borers, and still others feed at night on plant shoots. Noctuid moths pupate in cells in soil, in plant cavities, or in silk cocoons .

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Provisionally Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Beccaloni G.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Agrochola

There are approximately 187 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. acta · A. agnorista · A. alba · A. albimacula · A. albirena · A. alternata · A. americana · A. anatolica · A. approximata · A. ballotae · A. bicolorago · A. bipuncta · A. blidaensis · A. borealis · A. brevipennis · A. brunnea · A. brunnescens · A. caerulescens · A. canaria · A. canicostata · A. catenata · A. causta · A. centrilineata · A. ciliata · A. cinerea · A. cinnamomea · A. circellaris (Brick) · A. clara · A. conjuncta · A. consueta · A. convergens · A. corsica · A. csernyi · A. decipiens · A. decolorata · A. deleta · A. diffluens · A. disrupta · A. dorsojuncta · A. dujardini · A. egorovi · A. emmedonia · A. evelina · A. extincta · A. ferrea · A. ferruginea · A. ferrugineoides · A. fibigeri · A. flavescens · A. flavilinea · A. flavirena · A. frigga · A. fulvago · A. fumosa · A. fuscago · A. fuscolimbata · A. fuscoliva · A. fusconervosa · A. garibaldina · A. gratiosa · A. grisescens · A. guadarramana · A. haematidea · A. helvola (Flounced Chestnut) · A. helvolus · A. hippophaeana · A. hippophaes · A. humilis · A. hypotaenia · A. imitata · A. immaculata · A. insueta · A. intermedia · A. juncta · A. kindermannii · A. krauti · A. kresnaensis · A. laciniatae · A. lactiflora · A. laevis · A. lineola · A. litura (Brown-Spot Pinion) · A. lota (Red-Lined Quaker) · A. lucida · A. luteogrisea · A. lynchnidis · A. macilenta · A. macilentus · A. maculata · A. mansueta · A. mansuetana · A. mansuetella · A. mansuetodes · A. marginata · A. mediofasciata · A. meridionalis · A. miastigma · A. modesta · A. munda · A. nictitans

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Notes

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]
  2. Mean = 716.520 meters (2,350.787 feet), Standard Deviation = 818.410 based on 1,645 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-04-24