Mamestra contigua

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

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

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mamestra

There are approximately 168 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. adjuncta · M. agnata · M. albidilinea · M. albimacula · M. aliena · M. andalusica · M. anguina · M. antonito · M. approximata · M. arietis · M. artesta · M. assimilis · M. atlantica · M. basiplaga · M. beanii · M. bicolorata · M. bisulca · M. blenna (Cabbage Moth) · M. brachiolum · M. brassicae · M. brassicae(Linnaeus · M. canescens · M. carancahua · M. catephioides · M. chartaria · M. chunka · M. cinerascens · M. circumcincta · M. circumvadis · M. clausa · M. comis · M. concolor · M. configurata (Bertha Armyworm) · M. confluens · M. contigua (Beautiful Brocade) · M. crista · M. crotchii · M. cuneata · M. curialis (Mamestra Curialis) · M. davena · M. decolorata · M. defessa · M. denscanis · M. dentata · M. desperata · M. determinata · M. dictyota · M. diffluens · M. discalis · M. dissimilis · M. distincta · M. dodii · M. dubitans · M. dysodea · M. ectrapela · M. ectypa · M. elsinora · M. errata · M. extincta · M. farnhami · M. florida · M. freyi · M. fuscolimbata · M. fuscolutea · M. gatei · M. glaciata · M. glauca · M. gnata · M. goodelli · M. granti · M. hadeniformis · M. illaudabilis · M. immiscens · M. impulsa · M. incincta · M. incurva · M. invalida · M. juncta · M. laeta · M. lamptera · M. lepidula · M. leucogramma · M. leucographa · M. lilacina · M. liquida · M. longiclava · M. lunolacta · M. lutina · M. mania · M. marilopterix · M. marinitincta · M. meridiana · M. minorata · M. mixtura · M. montara · M. mutata · M. mutilata · M. naevia · M. nevadae · M. nipana

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Further Reading

• Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen. Bremen: Im Selbstverlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins, 1866- GER url p. 90.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, ENG url p. 127.
• Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin: Berliner Entomologischer Verein, 1857-1913. GER url p. 112, p. 20.
• Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana. Genova: Fratelli Pagano - Tipografi Editori, 1869- ITA url p. 317, p. 76.
• Die Nahrpflanzen der in Europa lebenden Raupen der Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Bewohner / systematisch geordnet von Fr. Meyer. Frankfurt am Main: Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1919. GER url p. 111, p. 63, p. 81.
• 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. 110, p. 415.
• Die Schmetterlinge Deutschlands mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Biologie, von Dr. Karl Eckstein Stuttgart, K.G. Lutz' Verlag[1913]-33. GER url p. 27.
• Diptera danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark / by William Lundbeck. Copenhagen: G.E.C. Gad, 1907-27. DAN url p. 475.
• Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft = Bulletin de la Société entomologique suisse. Schauffhausen, Switzerland: [s.n.], GER url p. 324.
• Societas entomologica. Stuttgart [etc.]A. Kernan [etc.], 1886-1930. GER url p. 122, p. 138.
• The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] ENG url p. 14.
• The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- ENG url p. 11, p. 208, p. 254, p. 46.
• The Review of applied entomology. [Farnham Royal, Eng., etc.: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, etc.] ENG url p. 652.

Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 08, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 08, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1582909
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16624575
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2021400

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]
2. Mean = 868.850 meters (2,850.558 feet), Standard Deviation = 657.260 based on 1,512 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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