Species Euacidalia sericearia - Hodges#7087

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Euacidalia sericearia Packard, 1873

wingspan 17-20 mm, based on three Internet photos

Identification of this image as Euacidalia sericearia based solely on distribution, sericearia being the only Euacidalia species found in Kentucky or anywhere east of Texas, as of February 2008.

Arizona and Utah, east to Florida, north to Kentucky

adults fly from June to August

Protoproutia species forewing PM line bends toward base near costa, whereas in Euacidalia the PM line continues straight to costa (compare images of both genera by Jim Vargo in Internet References section below). Also, Euacidalia typically have a pale stripe down the center of the abdomen whereas Proproutia have a dark stripe (fide D. Barker); compare with this example.

Packard, A.S. 1873. Description of new North American Phalaenidae. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science. 5: 69

Packard, A.S. 1876. A Monograph of the Geometrid Moths of the United States. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the territories. 10: 318; plate 10, fig. 35.

Moth Photographers Group (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

pinned adult images (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

presence in Utah; list (Joel Johnson, Utah Lepidopterists Society)

presence in Oklahoma; list (Oklahoma State U.)