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Species Eupsilia morrisoni - Morrison's Sallow - Hodges#9936

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Morrison's Sallow - Eupsilia morrisoni An unidentified Noctuid - Eupsilia morrisoni Noctuidae: Eupsilia morrisoni - Eupsilia morrisoni Morrison's Sallow - Eupsilia morrisoni Morrison's sallow possibility - Eupsilia morrisoni Morrison's Sallow - Eupsilia morrisoni Eupsilia sp.? - Eupsilia morrisoni Pennsylvania Moth - Eupsilia morrisoni
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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Eupsilia
Species morrisoni (Morrison's Sallow - Hodges#9936)
Hodges Number
9936
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupsilia morrisoni (Grote, 1874)
Scopelosoma morrisoni Grote, 1874 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #932591 (2)
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of collector Herbert Knowles Morrison (1854–1885). (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed eight species of Eupsilia in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Wingspan 35-40 mm.
Larvae to 33 mm. (3)
Identification
Grote (1874) original description as Scopelosoma morrisoni is available online in the print references. (1)
Crumb (1956) describes the larva. (3)
Range
Northeastern North America. (4), (5)
Season
adults usually fly from March to May and again from September to November (may also be active on sunny days in January and February)
Food
larvae feed on leaves of apple, birch, cherry, elm, maple, oak (5)
Life Cycle
overwinters as an adult
Print References
Grote, A.G. 1874. List of the Noctuidae of North AmericaBulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural History 2: 70. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
Maryland Moths
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Works Cited
1.List of the Noctuidae of North America.
Augustus Radcliffe Grote. 1874. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural History 2: 1-77.
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
3.The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae]
Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.
4.Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.
5.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Tony on 7 April, 2005 - 12:02pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 December, 2017 - 10:03am

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