Aseptis lichena
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Aseptis
Species:
A. lichena
Binomial name
Aseptis lichena
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Andropolia lichena Barnes & McDunnough, 1912

Aseptis lichena is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912. It is found in the United States in south-central California (Tehachapi Mountains) and north-central California (near Blairsden, Lake Tahoe, and Yosemite Park). It is also reported from Mount Shasta, Mount Lassen, and other locations in northern California.

The wingspan is 33โ€“39 mm. The forewings are powdery dark olive green, produced by a mixture of black, green, and yellow scales. Aseptis lichena is darker green than the similar Aseptis pseudolichena. Adults are on wing in mid-summer.[1]

References

  1. โ†‘ Mustelin, Tomas & Crabo, Lars G. (2015). "Revision of the genus Aseptis McDunnough (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini) with a description of two new genera, Paraseptis and Viridiseptis". ZooKeys (527): 57โ€“102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.9575. PMC 4668888. PMID 26692788. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.


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