Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Galgula partita Guenée, 1852
Phylogenetic sequence # 932249
Numbers
The only species in the genus found in America north of Mexico.
(1)Identification
Adult: forewing reddish-brown to grayish in male, shiny dark brownish-maroon to blackish in female; large dark spot on costa, and angled PM and ST lines in both sexes; ST line dotted black in male, dotted white in female; hindwing grayish-brown, darker in female than in male
[adapted from description by Charles Covell]
Range
Galgula partita occurs in most of North America but missing from Canadian prairie provinces.
Occurs south to Guatemala and islands of the Caribbean.
Season
The adults fly from March to November in the south; May to September in the north.
Life Cycle
Several generations per year.
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009.
Moths of Western North America. University of California Press., pl. 53, fig. 1m, 2f; p. 294.
(3)Internet References
pinned adult image and distribution info (Moths of Jamaica)
common name reference plus foodplant and flight season (Ohio State U.)
