Photedes defecta

Photedes defecta
Photedes defecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Photedes
Species: P. defecta
Binomial name
Photedes defecta
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Senta defecta Grote, 1874
  • Chortodes defecta
  • Hypocoena (Chortodes) defecta
  • Hypocoena defecta (Grote, 1874)

The Narrow-winged Borer (Photedes defecta, until recently Hypocoena defecta) [1] is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Maryland and Massachusetts north to New Brunswick, west to North Dakota and British Columbia.

The wingspan is 25-27 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September. There is one generation per year, but there might be a smaller second brood in mid to late September.

References

  1. ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0916846458, ISBN 978-0916846459.

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