Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly placed in family Epiplemidae, now treated as a subfamily (Epipleminae) of Uraniidae - see Internet References section below
Numbers
one of two species in this genus in North America; uncommon to locally common
Identification
Adult: outer margin of forewing even, slightly rounded; wings brownish-gray; lines, terminal spot on forewing, and median shade of hindwing blackish; hindwing margin deeply scooped
[description by Charles Covell]
Larva: head brown; body dark gray above, whitish or pale gray below, with blackish lateral line separating top from bottom
Range
all of United States and southern Canada
Season
adults fly from April to September
Food
larvae feed on leaves of honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.)
See Also
Brown Scoopwing (
Calledapteryx dryopterata) is browner and has large scoop in outer margin of forewing, lined with dark brown
Internet References
live adult image plus food plant and flight season (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
live larva and adult images plus other info (Jeremy Tatum, Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island)
pinned adult image plus common name reference, technical description, distribution, food plants (Gerald Fauske, Moths of North Dakota)
classification of
Callizzia in family Uraniidae, subfamily Epipleminae (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies and Moths of the World)
presence in California; list (U. of California at Berkeley)
presence in Texas; list (Dale Clark, Moths of Dallas County, Texas)
presence in Florida; list (Michael Thomas, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)
distribution in Canada list of provinces (CBIF)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 10 February, 2006 - 8:59am
Last updated 11 February, 2006 - 12:52am
