Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cutina distincta (Grote
(1), 1883)
Eustrotia distincta Grote, 1882
Phylogenetic sequence # 930964
Identification
Pogue & Ferguson (1998) revised description is available online in PDF.
(2)
The original description as Eustrotia distincta Grote, is available online in the print references below.
Adult: forewing gray with blackish shading inside AM line, and blackish patches in subapical and anal angle areas; median area white or pale basally, and shaded with gray distally; AM line almost straight; PM line curved, with large hump and small point beyond reniform spot; hindwing brownish-gray or greenish-gray.
Range
Eastern United States: Florida to Texas, north to Maryland and Kentucky.
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(2)Habitat
Swamps, streamsides, and other cypress wetlands.
Season
Pogue & Ferguson (1998) reported the flight from late February to September.
(2)Food
Pogue & Ferguson (1998) reported larval host as
Taxodium sp. (cypress).
(2)Life Cycle
Multiple generations per year.
See Also
Other species of Cutina have a different pattern on the forewing.
Small size and forewing pattern reminiscent of some geometrid moths in the tribe
Hydriomenini.
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1882. Some new Noctuidae and notes.
Papilio 11:
184.
Internet References
pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
presence in Kentucky; county map plus dates and locations (Jeffrey Marcus, Western Kentucky U.)
presence in Maryland pinned adult image by John Glaser plus dates and presumed larval foodplant (Larry Line, Maryland)