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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 » Tricholita » Signate Quaker - Hodges#10627 (Tricholita signata)

Species Tricholita signata - Signate Quaker - Hodges#10627

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Noctuidae: Tricholita signata - Tricholita signata

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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

observations of larvae - Henry Bird 1925 (PDF)

See Also

Protorthodes incincta and curtica are similar but have a less distinct PM line, and their ST line reaches the costa (compare images of all three species)

Interoceanic Ear Moth also has a white reniform spot but the ground color of its forewing is lighter and crossed by 5 or 6 darker lines (versus 3 or 4 lines in Signate Quaker)

Internet References

pinned adult image (CBIF)

pinned and live adult images (MPG)

Works Cited

1.	Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 February, 2005 - 9:48pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 10 October, 2021 - 7:53am

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