Species Baileya australis - Small Baileya - Hodges#8973

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Nolidae (Nolid Moths)

Subfamily Risobinae

Genus Baileya

Species australis (Small Baileya - Hodges#8973)

Hodges Number

8973

Size

wingspan 21-28 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing shiny, gray, with silvery or whitish shading in median area; subterminal (ST) line heavy and almost straight near costa; basal patch white, conspicuous; reniform spot obscure; PM line sinuate, usually visible; melanic specimens common in midwest, with less distinct patterns (1)

Range

Quebec and New York to Florida, west to Texas, north to North Dakota and Ontario

Habitat

adults are nocturnal and come to light

Season

adults fly from April to September

Food

larval foodplant currently unknown

Life Cycle

three generations per year in the south; fewer farther north

See Also

Sleeping Baileya (Baileya dormitans) forewing more uniformly gray, ST line sharply bent near costa (not almost straight), and PM line less conspicuous or not visible (compare images of both species at CBIF)

Internet References

live adult images (Dean Edwards, Tennessee)

pinned adult image (CBIF)

common name reference and flight season (Ohio State U.)

presence in Texas; list (James Gillaspy, U. of Texas)

presence in North Dakota; list (Gerald Fauske, North Dakota State U.)

distribution in Canada; list (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America By Charles V. Covell, Jr.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 July, 2005 - 2:33am
Additional contributions by Ethan Kistler
Last updated 12 June, 2008 - 7:43am

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