Species Paraseptis adnixa - Hodges#9533

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Paraseptis adnixa (Grote, 1880)

Hadena adnixa Grote, 1880

Aseptis adnixa (Grote, 1880) (1)

Hadena pausis Smith, 1899 (1)

* Phylogenetic sequence #932648.1 (2)

Three forms/subspecies; Pacific Northwest, coastal CA, and east-central CA. See Mustelin & Crabo (2015) (1) for updated descriptions.

Adult: forewing mottled medium and pale brown with blackish basal and anal dashes surrounded by dark shading; conspicuous pale yellowish patch along distal edge of reniform spot; orbicular, reniform, and claviform spots brown, outlined in black; AM and PM lines pale, outlined in black; subterminal line pale, irregular; terminal line thin, black; fringe pale, slightly scalloped, with dark semicircular patches between veins; hindwing brownish-gray with dark discal spot and noticeably irregular outer margin

Larva: body medium brown on upper half, paler brown on lower half with pale middorsal line and indistinct dorsal chevrons

Pacific coast from BC to Mexico with colonies just east of the Sierra Nevada, Cascades, and British Columbia Coast Mountains. (1)

Adults fly from April to June in CA, mid-May to August in the Pacific Northwest. (1)

larvae in March and April in British Columbia

larvae feed on young terminal leaves of Indian Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis)

Aseptis pausis was synonymized with A. adnixa which was in turn moved to genus Paraseptis (gen. n.) in Mustelin & Crabo (2015) (1).

Aseptis binotata typically lacks a prominent, long basal dash that extends to AM line; the forewing is darker, less mottled, and less contrasting than adnixa and ; A. characta forewing has an elongate orbicular spot, and lacks dark patches in basal and anal angle areas

Mustelin & Crabo, 2015:85, figs. 53–56 (pinned adults), 74, 90. (1)

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (Aseptis adnixa) (5)

Pacific Northwest Moths (PNM) (6)