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Species Tricholita signata - Signate Quaker - Hodges#10627

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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 Tricholita
Species signata (Signate Quaker - Hodges#10627)
Hodges Number
10627
Numbers
uncommon
Size
wingspan 28-38 mm
Identification
Adult: forewing dark orange or brown crossed by 3 or 4 darker lines; reniform spot mostly white (some individuals show no white); ST line wavy, stops short of apex; diffuse pale patch usually present at apex
hindwing dark brownish-gray

Genitalia:
Range
eastern two-thirds of US and southeastern half of Canada
Season
adults fly from July to September
Food
larvae feed on low-growing plants such as dandelion and plantain; low-growing non-woody plants especially the mature caterpillars in spring(1); inside pods of White Wild Indigo - (MJ Hatfield)
Life Cycle
One generation with mature caterpillars in spring; eggs sometimes laid in goldenrod heads(1)
larva; larva in White Wild Indigo pod; adult

See Also
Protorthodes incincta and curtica are similar but have a less distinct PM line, and their ST line reaches the costa
Works Cited
1.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.