Egira hiemalis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Egira
- Species
- Egira hiemalis
- Scientific Name
- Egira hiemalis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Egira hiemalis
Egira hiemalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in western North America from British Columbia south to California.
The wingspan is about 36 mm. In the Pacific Northwest and California, adults are on wing in winter through early spring. In British Columbia, they are on wing later in spring.
Larvae feed on various plants depending on range. These include Pseudotsuga menziesii, Abies amabilis, Abies grandis, Tsuga heterophylla, Purshia tridentata, Corylus cornuta, and Fraxinus latifolia.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Egira acronyctoides
- Egira alternans
- Egira ambigua
- Egira anatolica
- Egira baueri
- Egira cognata
- Egira conspicillaris
- Egira crucialis
- Egira curialis
- Egira dolosa
- Egira draudti
- Egira fatima
- Egira februalis
- Egira hiemalis
- Egira melaleuca
- Egira ornata
- Egira papae
- Egira perigraphoides
- Egira perlubens
- Egira phahompoki
- Egira purpurea
- Egira rubrica
- Egira saxea
- Egira servadeii
- Egira simplex
- Egira subterminata
- Egira tibori
- Egira vadimi
- Egira vanduzeei
- Egira variabilis































































































































































