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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 » Xystopeplus » Red-winged Sallow - Hodges#9942 (Xystopeplus rufago)

Species Xystopeplus rufago - Red-winged Sallow - Hodges#9942

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Red-winged Sallow - Hodges#9942 - Xystopeplus rufago

Xystopeplus rufago? I'd appreciate any comments on this moth. - Xystopeplus rufago

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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 Xystopeplus

Species rufago (Red-winged Sallow - Hodges#9942)

Hodges Number

9942

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xystopeplus rufago (Hübner, 1818)

Cirraedia honesta Walker, 1858

Jodia rufago Hübner, 1818

Phylogenetic Sequence # 932596

Explanation of Names

rufago means reddish (1) which applies equally well to the adult and caterpillar.

Size

Wingspan 3-3.5cm (2)

Larva to 3cm (3)

Range

Maine south to Florida, west to Minnesota and Texas (3)(2)

Habitat

Woodlands and forests (3)

Season

Flies October to May, but mostly March to May (2)

Caterpillars from May to July (3)

Food

Prefers oak, but will eat many woody species including cherry, blueberry, hazel, poplar and sourwood (3)

Remarks

Wagner believes the conspicuous color of the larva suggests that it feeds at night and hides in leaf litter during the day (3).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Moths of Maryland

Works Cited

1.	A Dictionary of the Roots and Combining Forms of Scientific Words Tim Williams. 2006. Squirrox Press.

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

3.	Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by tom murray on 14 August, 2005 - 7:15pm
Additional contributions by Troy Bartlett, Jeff Hollenbeck, Robert Lord Zimlich, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 18 February, 2021 - 12:16pm

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