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Species Lesmone griseipennis - Gray-winged Owlet - Hodges#8654

Representative Images

Unknown Madera Canyon Moth - Lesmone griseipennis gray-winged owlet - Lesmone griseipennis Lesmone griseipennis - male Lesmone sp? - Lesmone griseipennis Gray-winged Owlet Moth? Male? - Lesmone griseipennis - male Could this be Epidromia lienaris 8585? - Lesmone griseipennis - female Lesmone griseipennis Gray-winged Owlet - Lesmone griseipennis
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Lesmone
Species griseipennis (Gray-winged Owlet - Hodges#8654)

Hodges Number

8654

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lesmone griseipennis (Grote, 1882)
Trama griseipennis Grote, 1882

Numbers

one of 5 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan about 30 mm, based on two photos by Jim Vargo

Identification

Adult: sexually dimorphic - male wings greenish-gray with black shading inside ST and PM lines; female forewing purplish-gray with no black shading, but inconspicuous apical dash; hindwing brownish-gray; PM line in male mostly straight, with sharp angle near costa; PM line in female slightly curved, with rounded angle near costa; in both sexes, forewing outer margin slightly falcate, and terminal line of all wings scalloped.

Range

Western Texas to Arizona
Type locality: AZ

See Also

Lesmone detrahens is not found west of central TX. "In the males the st line is barely visible and the contrast between the light and dark st shade subdued in detrahens. The females are darker and the ordinary lines obscure in detrahens compared to griseipenni.", Jim Vargo, pers. comm. 11/11/2017.
Lesmone aenaria is not found north of southern TX.

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1882. New moths. The Canadian entomologist. 183.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
pinned adult image (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
pinned adult images of holotype (Harvard U., Massachusetts)
presence in Texas; list (Dale Clark, Texas)
author, date, and original genus (nearctica.com)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 August, 2007 - 10:41am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 6 June, 2018 - 12:09am

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