Gortyna flavago

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Common Names

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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 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Gortyna flavago /i> (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Notes

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

Similar Species

Members of the genus Gortyna

There are approximately 66 species in this genus:

G. aerata · G. appassionata · G. aurantiaca · G. aureomaculata · G. basalipunctata · G. borelii · G. borelii lunata · G. cataphracta · G. cerina · G. cerussata · G. cervago · G. cinarea · G. erepta · G. eupatorii · G. fiorii · G. flavago (Frosted Orange) · G. flavidior · G. flavoauratum · G. fortis · G. fortis(Butler · G. franciscae · G. galassii · G. gigantea · G. goossensi · G. harrisii · G. ifranae · G. illunata · G. impecuniosa · G. inquaesita · G. intermixta · G. joannisi · G. juvenilis · G. koreago · G. lappae · G. lecerfi · G. leucographa · G. leucostigma · G. limpida · G. lipthaii · G. lunata · G. marginidens · G. moesiaca · G. nebris · G. necopina · G. nepheleptena · G. obliqua · G. obscura · G. ochracea · G. ochraceago · G. orientalis · G. perlucida · G. plumbea · G. puengeleri · G. reducta · G. rigida · G. rungsi · G. rutila · G. serrata · G. speciosissima · G. suffusa · G. turatii · G. umbra · G. umbrosa · G. uniformis · G. xanthenes (Artichoke Moth) · G. zeae

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Further Reading

• A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera. By W.F. Kirby London, E. Lloyd, limited, 1896-1897. ENG url p. 23, p. 24.
• A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. Ed. by W. Dwight Pierce, entomologist, southern field crop insect investigations. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1918. ENG url p. 234.
• A report on the insects of Massachusetts, injurious to vegetation. Published agreeably to an order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Cambridge, Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, printers to the University, 1841. ENG url p. 453.
• A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation. By Thaddeus William Harris, M.D. Boston, Crosby and Nichols;1862. ENG url p. 440, p. 635.
• A treatise on some of the insects of New England, which are injurious to vegetation. By ThaddeusWilliam Harris, M.D. Cambridge, J. Owen, 1842. ENG url p. 453.
• Annales de la Société entomologique de France. Paris: La Société, FRE url p. 104, p. 122, p. 156, p. 157, p. 158, p. 595.
• Annals and magazine of natural history: including zoology, botany and geology London. url p. 348.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin. GER url p. 252, p. 459.
• Berattelse om Framstegen i Insekternas, Myriapodernas och Arachnidernas Naturalhistoria. Stockholm. url p. 220.
• Bibliographia zoologica. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1896-1934. MUL url p. 339.
• 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] ENG url p. 126.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. ENG url p. 246, p. 26.
• Cenno sulla botanica agraria, medica, economica ed industriale della provincia di Siena / del prof. cav. Attilio Tassi. Siena: Tip. Sordo-Muti di L. Lazzeri, 1865. ITA url p. 67.
• Compte rendu / Association franaise pour l'avancement des sciences. Paris, Secretariat de lAssociation. FRE url p. 197.
• Die Pflanzenfeinde aus der Klasse der Insekten. Ein nach Pflanzenfamilien geordnetes Handbuch sämmtlicher auf den einheimischen Pflanzen bisher beobachteten Insekten zum Gebrauch für Entomologen, Insektensammler, Botaniker, Land- und Forstwirthe un von J. Stuttgart, J. Hoffmann, 1874. GER url p. 297, p. 312, p. 362, p. 459, p. 462, p. 463, p. 516, p. 716, p. 787.
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• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. ENG url p. 862.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn, inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2965928
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-266150.0
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13300096
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 631200

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]
2. Mean = 514.130 meters (1,686.778 feet), Standard Deviation = 693.410 based on 1,701 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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