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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Xyleninae » Xylenini » Chytonix » Cloaked Marvel - Hodges#9556 (Chytonix palliatricula)

Species Chytonix palliatricula - Cloaked Marvel - Hodges#9556

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · 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 Xyleninae
Tribe Xylenini
Genus Chytonix
Species palliatricula (Cloaked Marvel - Hodges#9556)
Hodges Number
9556
Size
Wingspan 2.8-3.3 cm
Identification
Two or more (!) forms, one has the large white patch on forewing (in the male only?). White streak on forewing distinctive if large white patch not present. So is the "\__/" pattern on the forewing, apparently. This is present whether the white patch is there or not.

This species is confusing!
Range
Includes eastern North America
Season
May-August
Life Cycle
Larvae probably feed on grasses(?). Found on oak trees at night. Comes to bait and to light.
Print References
Covell, p. 130, plate 25 #14, #17 (1)
Himmelman, pp. 19-20, description only (2)
Holland, p. 161, plate XIX #13, 14 (3)
Internet References
Maryland Moths
Canadian Biodiversity
NCSU Entomology collection lists just this species for the genus in the state of North Carolina.
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell
2.Discovering Moths: Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard
By John Himmelman
3.The Moth Book
By W.J. Holland
Contributed by Cotinis on 17 May, 2004 - 6:10pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 24 January, 2008 - 10:03pm

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