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Species Phlogophora iris - Olive Angle Shades - Hodges#9546

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Xyleninae
Tribe Phlogophorini
Genus Phlogophora
Species iris (Olive Angle Shades - Hodges#9546)
Hodges Number
9546
Size
approximately 43 mm wingspan
Range
eastern North America
Season
larvae in May and June
adults fly from May to July
Food
low-growing plants and occasionally shrubs and trees
Life Cycle
1 generation per year
Print References
Covell, p. 129 & plate 26 #13 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of both living and pinned adults plus larvae.
live adult images (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
pinned adult images - dorsal and ventral views (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
live larva image and other info (Caterpillars of Eastern Forests)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 April, 2005 - 1:54am
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Maury Heiman
Last updated 21 December, 2009 - 2:10pm

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