Species Hypena baltimoralis - Baltimore Hypena - Hodges#8442

8442

Baltimore Bomolocha

Hypena baltimoralis Guenee, 1854.

Bomolocha baltimoralis

Phylogenetic sequence #930562

Wingspan 26-32 mm (1)

Adult: forewing grayish-brown, with whitish tint in female; tint often absent in male. Note blackish-brown apical dash, and large dark patch from base through median area which does not touch inner margin. Dark patch usually has white outer edging. Hindwing dark grayish-brown.

[description by Charles Covell]

Larva: bright green, elongate and somewhat flattened dorsally with reduced prolegs on third abdominal segment. Head green, occasionally with setal bases darkened. Setal bases orange, red, or black. Setae on eighth and ninth abdominal segments twice length of those on midabdominal segments. Rear of each segment yellowed. Anal prolegs splayed out in V.

[description by David Wagner and Valerie Giles]

Eastern US, west to Wisconsin, Missouri, Texas. (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection locations and dates.

deciduous forests or edges; adults are nocturnal and come to light

Flies April - October (1)

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

Caterpillar seen June to November (2)

Larvae feed on maples. (1)(3)(2)

two generations per year in the north; two or more in the south

Arnett provides a photo (fig 27.324).(3)

Female Dimorphic Bomolocha:

Covell, p. 137, plate 40. (1)

Moth Photographers Group (4)

live larva image plus description and other info (David Wagner and Valerie Giles, Caterpillars of Eastern Forests, USGS)

Lynn Scott (live adult images, description, larval foodplants, flight season [Ontario])

Maryland Moths (adult images)

distribution in Canada list of provinces (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)