Species Cenopis niveana - Aproned Cenopis - Hodges#3727

3727

Cenopis niveana (Walsingham, 1879)

Sparganothis niveana Walsingham, 1879 (1)

Cenopis groteana Fernald, 1882 (2)

Specific epithet from Latin niveus meaning "snowy," for the "bright shining white" forewings of Walsingham's specimen. (1)

Wingspan 23 mm. (1)

Adult: forewing dark brown except for light yellow band across base and across wingtip, and yellow semicircular patch mid-way along costa; some individuals have extensive yellow shading along inner margin (resulting in less extensive brown, sometimes reduced to just a crescent of brown along the costa); hindwing white.

Eastern North America. (3)

Type locality: Canada.

The main flight period is April to October. (3)

Sparganothis pulcherrimana (4) forewing has larger semicircular yellow patch along costa, and small rectangular yellow patch along inner margin (lacking in S. niveana)

Sparganothis pulcherrimana

Powell, J.A. & J.W. Brown, 2012. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 8.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 96; pl. D.9-11.(5)

Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 19, Pl.64, f.7. (1)

Moth Photographers Group (3)