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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Ianassa » Pale Prominent - Hodges#8014 (Ianassa pallida)

Species Ianassa pallida - Pale Prominent - Hodges#8014

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

1214a Oligocentria pallida - Pale Prominent 8014W - Ianassa pallida

Pale Prominent (Oligocentria pallida) Hodges #8014 - Ianassa pallida

930107 Oligocentria pallida 8014 - Ianassa pallida

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Heterocampinae

Genus Ianassa

Species pallida (Pale Prominent - Hodges#8014)

Hodges Number

8014

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ianassa pallida Strecker, 1899

Explanation of Names

Ianassa pallida Strecker, 1899, n. comb. in Becker (2014) (1), was formerly placed in the genus Oligocentria.

Size

Wingspan approximately 47 mm

Identification

Forewing is pale yellow/orange/rust with a gray costal margin, black apical dashes, and a narrow black reniform spot (streak). Hindwing is yellowish in males and grayish in females.

Range

Southern BC and southwestern AB; USA: Washington east to western MT and south to central CA and southern AZ and NM. (2)

Type locality: Seattle, WA.

Habitat

Deciduous and mixed woodlands.

Season

Midsummer in the Pacific Northwest.

Food

Caterpillars feed on the foliage of willow (Salix), apple (Malus), maple (Acer), and poplar (Populus).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

BOLD

Pacific Northwest Moths

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of New World Notodontidae (Noctuoidea) Becker, V.O. 2014. Lepidoptera Novae, 7(1): 1-40.

2.	Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.

Contributed by John Davis on 4 September, 2007 - 8:06pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 March, 2022 - 2:43pm

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