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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Agaristinae » Wood Nymphs (Eudryas) » Pearly Wood-Nymph - Hodges#9299 (Eudryas unio)

Species Eudryas unio - Pearly Wood-Nymph - Hodges#9299

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Agaristinae
Genus Eudryas (Wood Nymphs)
Species unio (Pearly Wood-Nymph - Hodges#9299)
Hodges Number
9299
Explanation of Names
Species name unio is Latin for "onion" or "large pearl". The latter seems to be the context. (Based on Internet searches.)
Size
Wingspan 26-35 mm (1)
Identification
Adult: dark band along outer margin of forewing is scalloped on the inside.
Range
Eastern and central North America
Habitat
Fields, edges, presumably.
Season
adults fly June-August and later into fall in south
Food
Larvae feed on Evening-primrose, grapes, other herbs.
Adults probably do not feed.
See Also
Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata) dark band along outer margin of forewing is smoothly curved on the inside
Compare E. unio/E. grata:
Print References
Covell, p. 139, plate 27 (1)
Internet References
Lynn Scott, Ontario live adult photos, description, foodplants, flight dates
Georgia Leps pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
By Charles V. Covell, Jr.
Contributed by Cotinis on 29 March, 2004 - 1:26pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, anitagould
Last updated 16 May, 2007 - 8:18am

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