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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Eucirroedia

Genus Eucirroedia

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Scalloped Sallow - Eucirroedia pampina Weird Orange Moth - Eucirroedia pampina Still a mystery moth 2002 6 - Eucirroedia pampina Scalloped Sallow - Eucirroedia pampina Eucirroedia pampina Eucirroedia pampina - Scalloped Sallow - Hodges#9952 - Eucirroedia pampina Scalloped Sallow - Eucirroedia pampina 9952 - Eucirroedia pampina Eucirroedia pampina
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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 Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Eucirroedia
Numbers
1 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Identification
forewing yellow to orange; reniform spot (and sometimes orbicular spot) shaped like dumbbell; AM and PM lines sinuous, and mirror images of each other; ST line jagged; median area often darker than basal and distal area
Range
British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Florida, west to Arkansas and Wisconsin
Season
adults fly from August to October
Food
larvae feed on leaves of black cherry, chokecherry, maple
Remarks
geographic range seems unusual: occurs coast-to-coast across southern Canada, but appears to be restricted to the eastern half of United States
Internet References
live adult image (John Himmelman, Connecticut)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
pinned adult images (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
pinned adult image (Larry Line, Maryland)
common name reference plus larval food plants and flight season (Ohio State U.)
US distribution; list includes AR IL IN WI (NatureServe Explorer)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 August, 2005 - 9:33pm

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