Aporophyla nigra

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• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

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 1,935 meters (0 to 6,348 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aporophyla

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Further Reading

• A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim / prepared for the meeting of the British Association by the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. Belfast: M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, ltd., 1902. url p. 201.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 311, p. 438.
• Annual report / Albany: University of the State of New York, 1902-1918. url p. 87.
• Annual reports and proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. url p. 52, p. 73.
• British and European butterflies and moths (Macrolepidoptera). By A. W. Kappel. .. and W. Egmont Kirby. .. With thirty coloured plates by H. Deuchert and S. Slocombe. Printed in [Nuremberg] Bavaria. London, E. Nister;[1895] url p. 108.
• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url , p. 135, p. 226, p. 62, p. 64, p. 71, p. 87.
• Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum / [by George F. Hampson] LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1913 url p. 238, p. 239.
• Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1898-19. url p. 238, p. 239.
• Fauna, flora & geology of the Clyde area, ed. by G.F. Scott Elliot, Malcolm Laurie and J. Barclay Murdoch. Glasgow, Pub. by the local committee for the meeting of the British Association, 1901. url p. 225.
• International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 160, p. 330.
• Museum bulletin / New York State Museum. Albany, N.Y.: University of the State of New York, 1908-1916. url p. 87.
• Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 119, p. 22, p. 25, p. 54, p. 55, p. 57, p. 61, p. 89.
• Proceedings of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London [Eng]: South London Entomological and Natural history Society, [1897-1933] url p. 81.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 48 1907 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 512.
• The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. url p. 175, p. 175.
• The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] url p. 83.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url , , , , , p. 10, p. 103, p. 105, p. 108, p. 109, p. 11, p. 111, p. 112, p. 113, p. 117, p. 118, p. 118, p. 12, p. 120, p. 124, p. 13, p. 154, p. 155, p. 157, p. 17, p. 17, p. 17, p. 170, p. 171, p. 176, p. 186, p. 186, p. 189, p. 192, p. 193, p. 198, p. 206, p. 23, p. 235, p. 239, p. 24, p. 24, p. 260, p. 263, p. 271, p. 285, p. 296, p. 308, p. 318, p. 342, p. 350, p. 359, p. 39, p. 40, p. 41, p. 44, p. 46, p. 47, p. 49, p. 52, p. 57, p. 61, p. 64, p. 71, p. 74, p. 76, p. 76, p. 77, p. 8, p. 9, p. 91, p. 92, p. 95, p. 97, p. 99.
• The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- url , , p. 138, p. 138, p. 157, p. 157, p. 162, p. 162, p. 171, p. 21, p. 23, p. 257, p. 257, p. 299, p. 301, p. 303, p. 307, p. 34, p. 71, p. 71, p. 93.
• The Irish naturalist. Dublin: Eason & Son, Ltd., 1892- url , , p. 161, p. 185, p. 46.
• The Lepidoptera of the British Islands: a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, their preparatory states, habits, and localities / by Charles G. Barrett. London: L. Reeve, 1893-1907. url .
• The Macrolepidoptera of the world; a systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera, ed. in collaboration with well-known specialists. Stuttgart: Seitz'schen (Kernen), 1906- url p. 132.
• The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall / London: [A. Constable and Company], 1906- url p. 208.
• The moths of the British Isles, by Richard South. London, F. Warne & Co., 1907-09. url p. 283.
• Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Newcastle-upon-Tyne [et al.]F. & W. Dodsworth [et al.]1865/67-1973. url p. 136.
• Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. 2 1951 München: Die Staatssammlung, url p. 41.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 22, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norwegian Lepidoptera collection, Oslo
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Lepidoptera dataset

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2972850
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-258262.0
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1892254
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 798599

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]
2. Mean = 61.930 meters (203.182 feet), Standard Deviation = 91.500 based on 4,645 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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