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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Hadenini » Sideridis » Maroonwing - Hodges#10268 (Sideridis maryx)

Species Sideridis maryx - Maroonwing - Hodges#10268

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Sideridis - probably maryx - Sideridis maryx

Sideridis maryx, maroonwing - Sideridis maryx

10268 – Sideridis maryx – Maroonwing Moth - Sideridis maryx

Maroonwing Moth (Sideridis maryx) - Sideridis maryx

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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 Hadenini

Genus Sideridis

Species maryx (Maroonwing - Hodges#10268)

Hodges Number

10268

Numbers

uncommon to rare

Size

wingspan 35-42 mm (1)

Identification

Adult: forewing uniformly dull brownish-red sometimes overlaid with dark gray shading which partly obscures AM and PM lines composed of series of pale yellowish dots; reniform spot inconspicuous, filled with gray; hindwing dirty white, shading to gray toward outer margin; top of thorax dark red; abdomen yellowish with red wash

Range

coast to coast across southern Canada and northern United States

Habitat

dry coniferous forests; adults are nocturnal and come to light and bait

Season

adults fly from May to July

Food

larval foodplant unrecorded

See Also

German Cousin (Sideridis congermana) forewing is darker brown with paler reniform spot and more contrasting markings on remainder of wing; thorax has dull orange middorsal stripe

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 July, 2005 - 10:09pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 26 March, 2022 - 12:21pm

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