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Species Ufeus satyricus - Grote's Satyr - Hodges#11051
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 Ufeina
Genus Ufeus
Species satyricus (Grote's Satyr - Hodges#11051)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes Ufeus satyricus Grote (1), 1873
Synonyms
Asterocampus barometricus Goossens, 1881
Ufeus sagittarius Grote, 1883
U. electra Smith, 1908
U. unicolor ab. coloradica Strand, [1916]
U. unicolor ssp. coloradica McDunnough, 1938
Phylogenetic sequence # 932709 Numbers Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed four species of the genus Ufeus in America north of Mexico. (2)
U. faunus Strecker, 1898
U. hulstii Smith, 1908
U. plicatus Grote, 1878
U. satyricus Grote, 1873
Lafontaine & Schmidt, (2013) added one new species. (3)
U. felsensteini Lafontaine & Walsh, 2013
There are two recognized subspecies: (2)
Ufeus satyricus satyricus Grote, 1873 - from eastern North America to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Ufeus satyricus sagittarius Grote, 1883 - from the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Montana, and Colorado and west to the coast. Size Forewing length 16-22 mm. (4)
Larva to about 35 mm. (5)Identification Lafontaine & Walsh (2013) revised description in PDF. (2)
Wagner et al. (2011) has photo of larva. (6)Range Coast to coast across central and southern Canada, south in the east to Pennsylvania and Illinois, south in the west to southern Arizona and California. (2)Season Most records between March and April and again between October and November. (2)Food Lafontaine & Walsh report the larval hosts as poplar and, in the west, cottonwood. (2) Other sources include alder, willow ( Salix), and quaking aspen. (7), (6), (5), (8)Life Cycle The larvae and adults of Ufeus are known to hide by day under bark at the base of large trees. The larvae are often found up-to 20 meters or more from their food source in the tree canopy. (6)Print References Crumb, S.E. 1956. The Larvae of the Phalaenidae. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 172 (5) ( Ufeus sagittarius)
Grote, A.R. 1873. A study of North American Noctuidae. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1: 101-102
Grote, A.R. 1883. On Stiria, with new genera and species of Noctuidae. Papilio 3(2): 31 (subspecies Ufeus satyricus sagittarius)
Holland, W.J. 1915. The Moth Book. Doubleday, Page & Company. 191, pl.23, f.20 (9)
Lafontaine, J.D. & J.B. Walsh 2013. A revision of the genus Ufeus Grote with the description of a new species from Arizona (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini, Ufeina). ZooKeys 264: 197.. (2)
Powell, J A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.54.38m, p.300 (4)
Wagner, D.L., D.F. Schweitzer, J.B. Sullivan, R.C. Reardon 2011. Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p.475 (6)Works Cited | 4. | Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press. | |
| 5. | The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae]
Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356. | |
| 6. | Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press. | |
| 9. | The Moth Book
W. J. Holland. 1922. Doubleday, Page & Company. | |
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