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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Hooktip and False Owlet Moths (Drepanoidea) » Hooktip and False Owlet Moths (Drepanidae) » False Owlet Moths (Thyatirinae) » Macrothyatirini » Euthyatira » Dogwood Thyatirid - Hodges#6240 (Euthyatira pudens)

Species Euthyatira pudens - Dogwood Thyatirid - Hodges#6240

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References

Dogwood Thyatirid caterpillar - Euthyatira pudens

Dogwood Thyatirid Moth - Euthyatira pudens

Dogwood Thyatirid pennsylvanica form - Hodges#6240 - Euthyatira pudens

Drepanidae: Euthyatira pudens - Euthyatira pudens

850008 Euthyatira pudens - Euthyatira pudens

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Drepanoidea (Hooktip and False Owlet Moths)

Family Drepanidae (Hooktip and False Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Thyatirinae (False Owlet Moths)

Tribe Macrothyatirini

Genus Euthyatira

Species pudens (Dogwood Thyatirid - Hodges#6240)

Hodges Number

6240

Other Common Names

common name should probably be changed to Dogwood Thyatirin Moth, considering the recent demotion of Thyatiridae to the subfamily Thyatirinae

Pronunciation

POO-dens

Explanation of Names

Pudens is Latin for ashamed, bashful, or modest. Reason for this word being applied to this moth is unclear.

Numbers

One of three Nearctic species in the genus.

Size

wingspan 40-45 mm

Identification

two color forms - "normal" and "pennsylvanica".

'Normal' 'Pennsylvanica'

Larva dark grey-black with a white ventral area

Range

most of US and southern Canada

Habitat

wooded areas on or near host plant (Flowering Dogwood)

Season

adults fly from March to May

larvae in May and June

Food

larvae feed on leaves of Dogwood Cornus spp. and occasionally oaks and other plants

Life Cycle

one generation per year.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

iNaturalist

Moths of North Carolina

pinned adult images of "normal" and "pennsylvanica" forms (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)

pinned adult image of "normal" form (John Glaser, Maryland)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Wikipedia

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Contributed by Stephen_WV on 12 April, 2005 - 5:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 17 April, 2023 - 6:33pm

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