Andropolia
Encyclopedia
Andropolia is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Andropolia aedonAndropolia aedonAndropolia aedon is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found from British Columbia and Alberta south to California.The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from July to August....
(Grote, 1880) - Andropolia contactaAndropolia contactaThe Canadian Giant is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found from Alaska to Newfoundland, south to New England, New York, Colorado, and southern British Columbia. It has also been recorded from California....
(Walker, 1856) - Andropolia diversilineataAndropolia diversilineataAndropolia diversilineata is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in western North America, from British Columbia south to California.The wingspan is about 44 mm. Adults are on wing in late summer.The larvae feed on Purshia tridentata....
(Grote, 1877) - Andropolia extinctaAndropolia extinctaAndropolia extincta was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family, but is now considered a synonym of Andropolia contacta. It was recorded from the northeastern parts of the United States, including Michigan and New Hampshire....
(Smith, 1900) - Andropolia olga Smith, 1911
- Andropolia olorinaAndropolia olorinaAndropolia olorina is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in California and Nevada.The wingspan is about 50 mm....
(Grote, 1876) - Andropolia theodoriAndropolia theodoriAndropolia theodori is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in the eastern parts of North America, from British Columbia, south to California.The wingspan is 43-55 mm.The larvae feed on Ceanothus velutinus and Holodiscus discolor....
(Grote, 1878)
Former species
- Andropolia dispar is now Fishia dispar (Smith, 1900)
- Andropolia lichena is now Aseptis lichena (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
- Andropolia pallifera is now Apamea palliferaApamea palliferaApamea pallifera is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern North America, including Illinois.Apamea pallifera was originally described in Polia, but listed in Andropolia by Franclemont and Todd and Poole . The holotype is a species of Apamea purportedly from Illinois...
(Grote, 1877)