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Species Renia adspergillus - Speckled Renia Moth - Hodges#8386

2nd brood(?) Speckled Renia - Renia adspergillus - male Speckled Renia - Hodges #8386 - Renia adspergillus Renia IMG_1408 - Renia adspergillus - female Sober Renia? - Renia adspergillus - female Renia adspergillus - male Renia adspergillus - male Renia adspergillus - female Moth - Renia adspergillus - female
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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Renia
Species adspergillus (Speckled Renia Moth - Hodges#8386)
Hodges Number
8386
Other Common Names
The Gray Renia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Renia adspergillus (Bosc, [1800])
Crambus adspergillus Bosc, [1800]
Renia larvalis Grote, 1872
Renia restrictalis Grote, 1872
Size
Wingspan: ♂ 30mm, ♀ 27 (spring), ♂ 25mm, ♀ 23 (summer) (Forbes, 1954); 32-34mm (larvalis Grote, 1872); 27-28mm (restrictalis Grote, 1872).
Identification
Refer to the guide on the info page for the genus.
Range
eastern North America
Quebec to Michigan south to Louisiana and Florida
See Also
Renia salusalis, which has shorter palps on the male.
Print References
Bosc, [1800]. Bulletin des sciences, par la Société Philomathique. Paris. 2(39): 114.
Forbes, 1954: 405. (1) (larvalis)
Grote, A.R., 1872. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 4: 26. (larvalis, restrictalis)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
BOLD - species account with photographs of pinned adults and DNA sequences.
Works Cited
1.Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Part III [Noctuidae]
William T. M. Forbes . 1954. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station Memoir: Number 329: 1-433.
Contributed by Mike Boone on 16 July, 2005 - 2:30pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Nick Block, Blocky
Last updated 13 July, 2020 - 8:29pm

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