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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Apameini » Achatodes

Genus Achatodes

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References
IN Elder Shoot Borer Moth - Achatodes zeae Noctuidae: Achatodes zeae - Achatodes zeae Elder Shoot Borer - Achatodes zeae Moth - Achatodes zeae Moth - Achatodes zeae Fresh Elder Shoot Borer Moth - Achatodes zeae Lépidoptère - Achatodes zeae Lépidoptère - Achatodes zeae
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Apameini
Genus Achatodes
Other Common Names
larva called Spindle Worm
Numbers
1 species in North America (Nearctica.com)
Identification
forewing dark reddish with silvery gray patches; orange patch at apex; a double row of black spots forms a partial subterminal line
Range
eastern North America
Habitat
near host plants in agricultural or suburban areas
Season
adults fly from July to September
Food
larvae bore into stems of elderberry, corn, dahlia, and grasses
Internet References
pinned adult image (CBIF)
pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
common name reference and other info (Ohio State U.)
historical account, 1930 (Cornell U.)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 7 February, 2005 - 10:44pm

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