Genus Pseudothyris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Thyridoidea

Family Thyrididae (Window-Winged Moths)

Subfamily Thyridinae

Genus Pseudothyris

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

originally placed in genus Thyris; placed in Pseudothyris by Thiele in 1986

Numbers

1 species in North America [P. sepulchralis] listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan 15-23 mm

Identification

Adult: wings black with large median and other smaller white spots; those at margins give wings a ragged look; hindwing has white median patch

[description by Charles Covell]

Range

Maine to Florida, west to Texas, north to Ontario

Habitat

fields with flowers; adults fly during the day

Season

adults fly from April to August

Food

larvae feed on Clematis species and grape

adults take nectar from flowers of herbaceous plants

Remarks

adults visit flowers during the day, and are often mistaken for butterflies

See Also

Spotted Thyris (Thyris maculata) has orange spots on the wings, not white

Internet References

pinned and live adult images by James Adams and Randy Emmitt (Dalton State College, Georgia)

distribution (Dalton State College, Georgia)

presence in Ontario; list (NHIC; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)

classification showing type species, author, and date (Butterflies and Moths of the World)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 March, 2006 - 2:56pm

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