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Species Plagodis phlogosaria - Straight-lined Plagodis - Hodges#6842

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Straight-lined Plagodis - Plagodis phlogosaria - male Moth 2 - Plagodis phlogosaria Plagodis phlogosaria? - Plagodis phlogosaria - male Straight-lined Plagodis - Hodges#6842 - Plagodis phlogosaria moth A - unident - Plagodis phlogosaria Plagodis phlogosaria – Straight-lined Plagodis Moth? - Plagodis phlogosaria Straight-lined Plagodis - Hodges#6842 - Plagodis phlogosaria Moth May 22 2022 a - Plagodis phlogosaria - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Anagogini
Genus Plagodis
Species phlogosaria (Straight-lined Plagodis - Hodges#6842)
Hodges Number
6842
Other Common Names
The Scorched Wing (U. of Alberta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Plagodis phlogosaria (Guenée, [1858])
Phylogenetic sequence # 201500
Explanation of Names
PHLOGOSARIA: from the Greek "phlogos" (flame) or "phlogistos" (to burn or inflame) or "phlogosis" (inflammation) - a reference to the patches at the anal angle of the forewing and hindwing, which appear to be scorched or inflamed
Size
wingspan approximately 27 mm.
Identification
adult: two color forms (representing subspecies?) - a darker reddish-brown form and a paler yellowish form; both forms usually have a diagnostic patch at the anal angle of the forewing and hindwing that gives the appearance of being scorched or inflamed
larva: gray with light brown and white speckling, with abdominal and thoracic humps, giving it the appearance of a short twig (U. of Alberta)

summer brood
Range
all of North America except the far south and the far northwest (Yukon and Alaska). (1), (2), (3)
Habitat
deciduous and mixed woods; adults attracted to artificial light
Season
adults fly from April to August
Food
larvae feed on alder, basswood, birch, black cherry, choke cherry, hazel, willow
Life Cycle
2 generations per year; overwinters as pupa
eggs; larva; larva; pupa; adult
See Also
P. alcoolaria forewing has extensive speckling (rather than sparse short arcs), a more oblique PM line, and no colored patch at the anal angle. Compare images of both species.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
live adult image of light color form (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
pinned adult images of both color forms (CBIF)
pinned adult images of dark color form (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
pinned adult image of dark color form (G.G. Anweiler, U. of Alberta)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.South Carolina Moth Species
2.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
3.An annotated checklist of the Missouri Geometridae (Lepidoptera)
Roger L. Heitzman. 1973. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 12(3): 169-179.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 28 March, 2005 - 7:56am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 18 April, 2019 - 3:50pm

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