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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Eriopygini » Homorthodes » Alder Quaker - Hodges#10533 (Homorthodes communis)

Species Homorthodes communis - Alder Quaker - Hodges#10533

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Eriopygini
Genus Homorthodes
Species communis (Alder Quaker - Hodges#10533)
Hodges Number
10533
Numbers
one of 14 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps
Size
wingspan 25-27 mm, based on two Internet photos
Identification
Adult: forewing yellowish-brown with fine black irregular AM and PM lines; other markings faint except for dark shading in lower half of reniform spot; ST line usually visible but not prominent; hindwing light gray, paler toward base; fringe white to pale yellowish
Range
California to British Columbia
PNW Moths includes Arizona and New Mexico
Season
adults fly from June to October in California
Food
larvae feed on leaves of alder (Alnus spp.)
See Also
other Homorthodes species have either less distinct/more smudged AM and PM lines or a more noticeable pattern of dark shading on the forewing (see comparison photos by Jim Vargo in Internet References link below)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Pacific Northwest Moths
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 April, 2007 - 10:44pm
Additional contributions by Blocky, Steve Morris
Last updated 21 March, 2022 - 12:01pm

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