Acopa perpallida is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (the owlet moths). It is found in North America.[1][2][3]
Acopa perpallida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Acopa |
Species: | A. perpallida
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Binomial name | |
Acopa perpallida Grote, 1878
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The MONA or Hodges number for Acopa perpallida is 9826.[4]
The moth is entirely white in color with dark brown colored patterns on its wings.[5] The moths are found in the deserts of Southern Oregon and Idaho and also in eastern British Columbia.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Acopa perpallida report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Acopa perpallida". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Acopa perpallida species information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Acopa perpallida". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Brooklyn Entomological Society; Society, Brooklyn Entomological; Society, Brooklyn Entomological (1922). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Vol. new ser.:v.17-18 (1922-1923). Brooklyn, N.Y: The Society.
- ^ "PNW Moths | Acopa perpallida". pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
Further reading
edit- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. Bibcode:2010ZooK...40....1L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. Bibcode:2015ZooK..527..127L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. PMC 4668890. PMID 26692790.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.