Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parahypenodes quadralis Barnes & McDunnough
(1), 1918
placed in subfamily Hypenodinae by Hodges (1983)
placed in subfamily Hypeninae by Kitching and Rawlins (1999)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930667
(2) Size
Barnes & McDunnough (1918) listed the wingspan 18 mm.
Identification
Barnes & McDunnough (1918) original description is displayed and online in the print references.
"Primaries dull ochreous gray, shaded with deep smoky; t.a. line single, dark, irregular, arising from small dark costal blotch, bent inward below costa with prominent outward bulge in the submedian fold; t.p. line single, dentate, squarely exserted around cell, then strongly inwardly oblique to a point on the middle of inner margin; at the end of cell a square blackish patch, the most prominent feature of the maculation; subterminal area dark smoky, the terminal area pale grayish, the difference between the two shades defining the s.t. line which is in general parallel to outer margin with a slight bulge opposite cell; outer margin slightly crenulate with dark terminal line; fringes dull ochreous, cut with smoky. Secondaries deep smoky with traces of a darker oblique line crossing from costa near apex to inner margin above anal angle. Beneath smoky, secondaries paler in basal area with traces of a curved post-median line."
Range
Nova Scotia
(3) to Florida, east to Tennessee, north to Wisconsin and Ontario.
Primary syntype male from Quebec, St. John's Co., St Therese Island.
Habitat
Moist and sandy places; adults are nocturnal and come to light and bait. [Handfield]
Season
The adults fly from June to September in the south; late June and July in the north (Quebec).
Remarks
Parahypenodes quadralis is seldom seen or collected; status is unknown in several parts of its range due to lack of information on its occurrence
Print References
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918.
Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 4 (2):
124; pl. 18, fig. 6.
Handfield, L., 1999. Les Guides des Papillons du Quebec. Broquet. 662 pp.
Internet References
distribution in Canada list of provinces (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 6 August, 2006 - 11:29am
Additional contributions by
Maury HeimanLast updated 14 September, 2014 - 7:32pm
