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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Renia » Yellow-spotted Renia - Hodges#8384.1 (Renia flavipunctalis)

Species Renia flavipunctalis - Yellow-spotted Renia - Hodges#8384.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Erebidae: Renia flavipunctalis - Renia flavipunctalis

moth in leaf litter - Renia flavipunctalis

Renia flavipunctalis? - Renia flavipunctalis - female

Wavy-lined Zanclognatha?-(Zanclognatha jacchusalis) - Renia flavipunctalis - male

Renia flavipunctalis - Yellow-spotted Renia - Renia flavipunctalis

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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 Erebidae

Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)

Genus Renia

Species flavipunctalis (Yellow-spotted Renia - Hodges#8384.1)

Hodges Number

8384.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Renia flavipunctalis (Geyer, 1832)

Renia phalerosalis (Walker, 1859)

Renia heliusalis (Walker, 1859)

Renia pastoralis (Grote, 1872)

Renia belfragei (Grote, 1872)

Renia exerta (Smith, 1909)

Renia atrimacula (Smith, 1910)

Explanation of Names

flavipunctalis: from the Latin "flavus" (yellow) + "punctate" (marked with spots) — refers to the forewing's yellowish orbicular and reniform spots, and the origin of the common name "Yellow-spotted"

Size

wingspan about 28 mm

Identification

Refer to the guide on the info page for the genus.

Range

North America east of the Rockies

Habitat

deciduous woodlands, on or close to the ground

Season

Adults fly mainly July and August, rarely September, on Block Island, RI.(1)

Food

Larvae feed on dead leaves and other detritus (Moths of North Carolina). Local distribution on Block Island, RI strongly suggests that bayberry leaf litter is suitable habitat.(1)

Life Cycle

Larva

See Also

Not easily confused with any other species east of Texas.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.

Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.

iNaturalist

Moths of North Carolina

Mass Moths

Works Cited

1.	Block Island Moths

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 February, 2005 - 4:43pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Steve Nanz, Tony-2, anitagould, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Kyhl Austin, Blocky
Last updated 4 February, 2025 - 7:28am

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