Resapamea passer

Resapamea passer, the dock rustic moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found from central Alberta to northern Arizona in the Rocky Mountain region. In the mid-Continent it ranges from Minnesota and southern Ontario to Oklahoma and North Carolina, reaching the Atlantic Coast from Newfoundland to Maryland.[2] The habitat consists of wetlands.

Resapamea passer
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Resapamea
Species:
R. passer
Binomial name
Resapamea passer
(Guenée, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mamestra passer Guenée, 1852
  • Mesapamea passer
  • Hadena birnata Smith, 1908
  • Luceria conspicua Morrison, 1874
  • Agrotis incallida Walker, 1857
  • Luceria loculata Morrison, 1874
  • Hadena hulstii Grote, 1880
  • Luperina hulstii
  • Hadena morna Strecker, 1878
  • Luperina morna
  • Hadena virguncula Smith, 1899
  • Luperina virguncula

The length of the forewings is 15–19 mm. Adults are dull brown, red-brown, or yellow-brown in color. Adults are on wing from May to October in the south and from June to August in Quebec and farther north. There is one generation in the north and there are two generations in the south.[3]

The larvae feed on Rumex and possibly Polygonum species. They bore into the stems and roots of their host plant.

References
  1. Crabo, L.G.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T; Shepard, J., 2013: Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae). Zookeys 264: 85-123. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4304
  2. Pacific Northwest Moths
  3. Bug Guide


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