Feltia
Encyclopedia
Feltia 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
- Feltia austrina (Lafontaine, 1986)
- Feltia beringiana (Lafontaine & Kononenko, 1986)
- Feltia boreana (Lafontaine, 1986)
- Feltia evanidalis (Grote, 1878) (syn: Feltia californiae McDunnough, 1939)
- Feltia floridensis Lafontaine, 2004
- Feltia geniculataFeltia geniculataThe Knee-Joint Dart is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Manitoba and adjacent parts of the United States, including Massachusetts....
Grote & Robinson, 1868 - Feltia herilisFeltia herilisThe Herald Dart or Master's Dart is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland, north to the Northwest Territories border and south to the Gulf coast....
(Grote, 1873) - Feltia inyoca Lafontaine, 2004
- Feltia jaculiferaFeltia jaculiferaThe Dingy cutworm , also known as the Bent-line dart, is a member of the Noctuidae family and is common throughout North America. There are three other species of Feltia that are often confused for F. jaculifera and they are F. herilis, F. subgothica and F. tricosa.-Adult:An adults wingspan is 30...
(Guenée, 1852) - Feltia manifesta (Morrison, 1875)
- Feltia mollis (Walker, [1857])
- Feltia nigritaFeltia nigritaFeltia nigrita is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Siberia, central Yakutia, the Amur and Primorye regions, as well as British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon and Manitoba.-External links:****...
(Graeser, 1892) (formerly in TrichosiliaTrichosiliaTrichosilia was a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family, it is now considered a subgenus of Feltia.-References:**...
) - Feltia repletaFeltia repletaThe Replete Dart is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is a tropical species that can be found from Argentina and Brazil to Mexico and occurs occasionally in Florida, Louisiana and southern Texas.The wingspan is 45-50 mm....
(Walker, 1857) - Feltia subgothicaFeltia subgothicaThe Gothic Dart or Subgothic Dart is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in central North America, north to Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan.The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September....
(Haworth, 1809) - Feltia subterranea (Fabricius, 1794)
- Feltia tricosaFeltia tricosaThe Tricose Dart is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in central North America, north to Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September in the north....
(Lintner, 1874) - Feltia troubridgei Lafontaine, 2004
- Feltia woodiana (Lafontaine, 1986)