''Cycnia oregonensis'' is a

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in the family

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. It is found in most of

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, from coast to coast and from the border with

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north to central

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and

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., 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: The length of the forewings is 19–20 mm. Throughout most of its range, adults are nearly uniform in color and pattern. Subspecies ''tristis'' is limited to a small area near Olympia, Washington and is the only known population of this species in Washington west of the Cascades. It is distinctly grayer and less patterned than all other populations. The larvae feed on '' Apocynum'' species.

Subspecies

*''Cycnia oregonensis oregonensis'' *''Cycnia oregonensis tristis'' Crabo, 2013 (Washington)

References

Moths described in 1873 Phaegopterina Moths of North America {{Phaegopterina-stub