Sympistis ragani is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes in 1928. It is endemic to the Klamath Mountains of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, and the Oregon Coast Range.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Sympistis |
| Species: | S. ragani
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| Sympistis ragani Barnes, 1928
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It is the largest of six similar gray Pacific Northwest species in the Sympistis atricollaris species group that have a black H-shaped pattern of antemedial and postmedial lines that are connected by a line across the median area. The moth's wingspan is 30–35 mm.
External links
edit- "931951.00 – 10132 – Sympistis ragani – (Barnes, 1928)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- "Sympistis ragani (Barnes, 1928)". Pacific Northwest Moths. Includes a distribution map.