Species Ulolonche disticha - Hodges#10573

10573

Ulolonche disticha (Morrison, 1875)

Hyssia disticha (Hampson, 1905)

Caradrina disticha Morrison, 1875

Phylogenetic sequence # 933124

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 9 species of the genus Ulolonche in America north of Mexico. (1)

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011) reduced the genus to 8 species by including U. marloffi as a synonym of U. fasciata. (2)

Forewing length 12-14 mm.(3)

The original description as Caradrina disticha Morrison, and the Hampson 1905 description as Hyssia disticha are in the print references below.

Adult: forewing light grayish-brown on basal half, medium grayish-brown on distal half, separated by blackish diagonal band that contains a right-angled notch touching lower corner of pale reniform spot; dark patch at costa inside subterminal line; hindwing dark gray, paler toward base.

Southern California to Texas, north to Alberta. (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (3)

The flight period is March through October. (9)

Apparently two flights in Texas.

Larval host and life history unknown.(3)

Ulolonche dilecta

Hampson, G.F., 1905. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 287.

Morrison, H.K., 1874. A list of a collection of Texan Noctuidae, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 217.

Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 56, fig. 21; p. 306.(3)

Moth Photographers Group (9)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (10)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)