Species Aon noctuiformis - Aon Moth - Hodges#8954

8954

Aon noctuiformis Neumoegen, 1892

Originally placed in family Cossidae then placed in Lymantriidae in 1894 by Neumoegen & Dyar, and placed in Noctuidae in 1902 by Dyar.

Phylogenetic sequence #930632

The only species in this genus found in North America.(1)

Wingspan about 29-34 mm.

Adult: head and thorax dark gray tinged with rufous; thin transverse black line behind collar, rear edge of thorax raised, tufted, often blackish. Forewing mottled: black striations and speckling in basal half and in subterminal area; costal half mostly pale gray; dull rufous shading on inner half, often with 3 or 4 small cream-colored patches in an oblique band in the blackish subterminal area; apical area frequently whitish; discal spot bar-shaped, black, distinct; fringe white basally, dark distally, with dark wedge-shaped streaks from each vein; hindwing white with faint dark discal spot showing through from ventral surface [see original detailed description at archive.org]

Texas, generally from the Austin area south and west.

Type locality: Southwest Texas, Neuces River.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

iNaturalist - seasonal chart and map.

Adults fly year round in Texas, with peak flights in February-March and September (iNaturalist).

Adult Female; Adult Male:

Overall appearance resembles some members of Notodontidae such as Schizura species and some Oligocentria species

also see related species in subfamily Euteliinae:

Paectes abrostoloides

Pyralidae:

Melitara subumbrella

Cossidae:

Cossula magnifica

Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 27.(1)

Moth Photographers Group(2)

original description (archive.org)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)(3)

taxonomic history plus number of world species and type specimen locality (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies and Moths of the World)