Orthosia pacifica explained

Orthosia pacifica is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in western North America.

Adults are gray-brown. The fore-wings are light brown with darker brown and black markings. The hind-wings are whitish with darker markings. Larvae are green with white dorsal lines and markings.^[1]

The MONA or Hodges number for Orthosia pacifica is 10494.

Further reading

• Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. 2010. Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. ZooKeys. 40. 127–47. 10.3897/zookeys.40.414. free.
• Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III. 2015. Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. ZooKeys. 527. 227–236. 10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. 4668890. 26692790. free.
• Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 2016. Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hampson, George Francis . Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum . British Museum (Natural History) . 1905 . 5 . London . 1905 . 429–430 . en.