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Species Photedes includens - Included Cordgrass Borer - Hodges#9434

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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 Apameini
Genus Photedes (Cordgrass Borers)
Species includens (Included Cordgrass Borer - Hodges#9434)
Hodges Number
9434
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
several synonyms listed at FUNET but no new ones since 1916
described in 1858 by Walker, who originally placed it in genus Hydrelia
Size
wingspan about 25 mm
Identification
Adult: forewing orangish-brown with paler straight subterminal band; reniform spot white, conspicuous, C-shaped, with short white bar in middle; hindwing light brownish-gray, paler toward base, with dark veins, thin dark terminal line, and pale fringe
Range
Nova Scotia to Connecticut, west to Nebraska and Alberta; type specimen collected in Nova Scotia
Habitat
wet meadows and edges of wetlands; adults are nocturnal and come to light
Season
adults fly from late June to September
Food
larvae bore in stems of cordgrass (Spartina spp.) and some sedges such as Upright Sedge (Carex stricta)
Life Cycle
one generation per year
Remarks
uncommon and local throughout range; a species of special concern in wet prairie habitats of some midwestern states
Internet References
pinned and live adult images (Moth Photographers Group)
common name reference (Govt. of Indiana)