Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hormisa louisiana
originally placed in genus Xylormisa by Forbes in 1922
Identification
Adult: forewing variably off-white, cream-colored, pale brown or grayish-yellow, with scattered dark scales; two widely-separated discal dots; PM line a faint diagonal arc; subterminal line faint, pale; terminal line a series of dark dashes; hindwing dirty white with faint darker subterminal line
Range
Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Texas, north to Alberta
Habitat
wet meadows, fens, wetland edges; adults are nocturnal and come to light
Season
adults fly from June to September in the north; as early as February in the south
See Also
Macrochilo absorptalis and
M. hypocritalis forewings have more prominent PM and ST lines (
compare images of these and related species by Jim Vargo at MPG)
Internet References
live and pinned adult images by various photographers, plus common name reference [Louisiana Macrochilo] (Moth Photographers Group)
pinned adult image by John Glaser, plus habitat and flight season (Larry Line, Maryland)
pinned adult images and collection site map (All-Leps)
synonym and county distribution in South Carolina (John Snyder, Furman U., South Carolina)
adult description plus habitat, flight season, distribution, common name reference [Louisiana Snout-moth] (Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta)
presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)
distribution and pinned adult image by John Glaser (Dalton State College, Georgia)
distribution in Canada list of provinces (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 6 November, 2006 - 11:58pm
Last updated 7 November, 2006 - 7:02am
