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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera) » Myrmeleontiformia » Owlflies (Ascalaphidae) » Ululodes » Four-spotted Owlfly (Ululodes quadripunctatus)

Species Ululodes quadripunctatus - Four-spotted Owlfly

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Four-spotted Owlfly - Ululodes quadripunctatus - female Four-spotted Owlfly - Ululodes quadripunctatus - male Owlfly - Ululodes quadripunctatus - female Four Spotted Owlfly - Ululodes macleayanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings and Allies)
Suborder Myrmeleontiformia
Family Ascalaphidae (Owlflies)
Genus Ululodes
Species quadripunctatus (Four-spotted Owlfly)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ululodes quadripunctatus (Burmeister, 1839)
=Colobopterus excisus Hagen
=Ululodes quadrimaculatus (Say, 1824)
Explanation of Names
quadripunctatus 'four-spotted'
Size
Body ~38 mm, antennae ~25 mm
Identification
Sexually dimorphic: ♀ with diffuse dark spots near wingtips (variable and sometimes absent), ♂ with prominent tuft of black bristles on top of abdomen near base (resemble scent scales, or pencils, of some Lepidoptera)
male hindwings stalked (pedunculate), most visible when wings spread (character unique to U. quadrimaculatus), female hindwings have no prominent stalks
pterosigma cream-colored in both sexes (dark in U. macleayana)
Range
e. NA north to NY-ON, west to NE-TX(1)
Season
Summer, June-August in Piedmont region of NC
Life Cycle
Larvae predatory in leaf litter, etc. Adults come to lights in mid-summer. They are allegedly most active at dusk and dawn.
Works Cited
1.Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico
By N.D. Penny, P.A. Adams, & L.A. Stange
Contributed by Cotinis on 7 June, 2004 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 January, 2012 - 9:16pm

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