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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Coelodasys » Coelodasys apicalis - Hodges#8009 (Coelodasys apicalis)

Species Coelodasys apicalis - Hodges#8009

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

8009 Plain Schizura - Coelodasys apicalis

Plain Schizura - Coelodasys apicalis - male

Coelodasys apicalis #8009 - Coelodasys apicalis

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Heterocampinae

Genus Coelodasys

Species apicalis (Coelodasys apicalis - Hodges#8009)

Hodges Number

8009

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coelodasys apicalis Grote & Robinson, 1866

Explanation of Names

Coelodasys apicalis Grote & Robinson, 1866, n. comb. in Miller et al. (2021)(1), was formerly in the genus Schizura.

Size

wingspan 26 - 32mm (2)

Range

Historically from scattered areas of southern Quebec and southern Maine to Wisconsin and southward, including parts of Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas, to Texas and Florida (2)

Canada: NS to MB; USA: ME west to NE and south to FL and LA (1)

Type locality: "Eastern States".

Habitat

xeric, oak scrub, oak-pine scrub, savanna, or barrens (2)

Season

adults fly mid-June to early August in the north and January to June in Florida (2)

Food

probably polyphagous but have been reported on bayberry, wax myrtle, sweet fern, and blueberry (2)

Internet References

CBIF - Image of pinned adult

Moths of Maryland - Image of pinned adult

Moth Photographers Group - Image of pinned adult

All-Leps - Images of pinned adults

Works Cited

1.	Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.

2.	Rare, Declining, and Poorly Known Butterflies and Moths of Forests and Woodlands in the Eastern United States Dale F. Schweitzer, Marc C. Minno, David L. Wagner. 2011. U.S. Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, FHTET-2011-01. .

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 December, 2005 - 3:09pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Jason D. Roberts, Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 March, 2022 - 5:37am

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