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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Condicinae » Condicini » Homophoberia » Black Wedge-Spot - Hodges#9057 (Homophoberia apicosa)

Species Homophoberia apicosa - Black Wedge-Spot - Hodges#9057

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Black Wedge-Spot - Hodges #9057 - Homophoberia apicosa

Noctuidae: Homophoberia apicosa - Homophoberia apicosa

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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 Condicinae

Tribe Condicini

Genus Homophoberia

Species apicosa (Black Wedge-Spot - Hodges#9057)

Hodges Number

9057

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly placed in subfamily Acontiinae

Numbers

one of 2 species in this genus in North America.(1)

Size

wingspan 21-27 mm (2)

Identification

Adult: forewing dark gray or blackish except for broad pale terminal band and pale oblique reniform spot; terminal band may be pinkish, whitish, or cream-colored; hindwing whitish with grayish-brown shading and black dot at outer margin

Range

eastern North America: Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Manitoba

Season

adults fly from March to October in the south; May to September in the north

Food

larvae feed on smartweed (Polygonum spp.)

See Also

Print References

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

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

Nearctica by Robert W. Poole

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)

live adult image (Steve Walter, New York)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

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

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 30 July, 2005 - 1:29am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, KenW, Steve Morris
Last updated 28 October, 2023 - 10:11am

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