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MCZ Entomology 622420

Apamea amputatrix (Fitch, 1857)

Date Collected:

2006-07-12/2006-07-24

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Plymouth | Great Brewster Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:622420 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Apamea amputatrix (Fitch, 1857)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Noctuoidea Noctuidae Noctuinae Apameini
Common Name(s): Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth; ver-gris à tête jaune; yellowheaded cutworm
Determiner: Mark Mello on 2011-12-31
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: ; Determination date is an upper bound. Determinations made by M. Mello

  • None

  • BHI number: BHI-002130
  • field number: GB-MV-2 17.06

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
collection Boston Harbor Islands Collection [no agent data]
life stage adult By: Mark Mello 2011-12-31

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  • Labels: Specimen Notes: ; ARN

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Plymouth
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7014423 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Great Brewster Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA: MA, Suffolk, Great Brewster Island, (GB-MV-2 17.06) 42°19'54.1''N, 70°53'47.2''W 12-24 July 2006, mercury vapor light coll. J. Rykken
  • Locality Remarks:
  • WP087 mv 2,on trail near outhouse--maybe pulling insects from wetland
  • Georeference:
  • 42.3316944, -70.896444 (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Jessica Rykken on 2006-07-12 (Source: GPS)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (42° 19′ 54″ N  70° 53′ 47″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 2006-07-12 / 2006-07-24
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 12-24 July 2006
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • clear, no moon, some wind. 8pm-11pm; lots of flies, coccinellids
  • Collecting Event/Field Number:
  • GB-MV-2 17.06 (Boston Harbor Islands ATBI Samples of Boston Harbor Islands Terrestrial Invertebrate ATBI Team)
  • Collector:
  • Jessica Rykken

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

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