Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Selenisa » Pale-edged Selenisa - Hodges#8658 (Selenisa sueroides)

Species Selenisa sueroides - Pale-edged Selenisa - Hodges#8658

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Unknown Caterpillar - Selenisa sueroides Pale-edged Selenisa - Hodges #8658 - Selenisa sueroides Pale-edged Selenisa Moth - attempted cocoon / Life Cycle - Selenisa sueroides tiny caterpillar - Selenisa sueroides Selenisa sueroides – Pale-edged Selenisa Moth - Selenisa sueroides Selenisa sueroides Selenisa sueroides Selinisa sueroides eggs - Selenisa sueroides
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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 Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Selenisa
Species sueroides (Pale-edged Selenisa - Hodges#8658)
Hodges Number
8658
Other Common Names
Legume Caterpillar (larva) (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Selenisa sueroides (Guenée)
Selenis sueroides Guenée, 1852
syn. Selenisa monotropa (Grote, 1876)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930981
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Selenisa sueroides as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Wingspan 25-32 mm, based on several Internet photos
Identification
Adult: forewing dark grayish-brown except for broad pale brown strip along costa; hindwing dark grayish-brown; top of thorax pale brown; top of head, collar, and abdomen dark gray.
Larva: body cream or yellow with dull reddish or yellow lateral markings and several thin black dorsal stripes; two reddish or yellowish prolegs; two long anal appendages project backward from last abdominal segment; head reddish with numerous black spots.
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include South Carolina to Florida, Arkansas to Texas; West Indies; Mexico to Brazil. (3)
There are records from Arizona. (4)
Food
Larvae are polyphagous, feeding on members of the pea, spurge, and grass families.
See Also
The dark form of Zaleops umbrina
Print References
Wagner, p. 369--photo of larva. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
pinned adult and live larva images by James Adams and Jeff Slotten respectively (Dalton State College, Georgia)
2 pinned adult images (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
pinned adult image plus larval foodplants and other info (Pierre Zagatti, Catalogue of Lepidoptera of the French Antilles)
pinned adult image (Matthew Barnes, Moths of Jamaica)
presence in South Carolina; county map (John Snyder, Furman U., South Carolina)
Works Cited
1.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
2.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 .
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 15 August, 2005 - 2:03pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Ron M.
Last updated 20 October, 2013 - 11:01pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact