Ogdoconta sexta

Ogdoconta sexta
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ogdoconta
Species: O. sexta
Binomial name
Ogdoconta sexta
Barnes & McDunnough, 1913

Ogdoconta sexta is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is only known from Hidalgo and Cameron Counties in the southernmost Texas. It is probably also found in Mexico.[1]

The length of the forewings is 10.5–13 mm. There is a small streak of white scales from just before the apex of the wing to just below the outward angulation of the postmedial line. Giving the forewing costa a frosted appearance. Most of the maculation of the forewing is obscure. However, the postmedial line is moderately distinct, straight, except for a slight basally directed angulation near the costa which is white or yellow in color. The hindwing is suffused with dull brown. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to June and again in September

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  1. Metzler, E.H. ; E.C. Knudson ; R.W. Poole ; J.D. Lafontaine & M.G. Pogue, 2013: A review of the genus Ogdoconta Butler (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Condicinae, Condicini) from North America north of Mexico with descriptions of three new species. Zookeys 264: 165-191. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4060


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