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Species Eudryas unio - Pearly Wood-Nymph - Hodges#9299

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Noctuidae: Eudryas unio - Eudryas unio Moth #1 - Eudryas unio Eudryas unio - Pearly Wood-Nymph - Eudryas unio Fancy Moth - Eudryas unio What kind of caterpillar is this? view 2 - Eudryas unio what is it? a moth? - Eudryas unio Eudryas spp.? - Eudryas unio Wood Nymph - Eudryas unio
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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 Agaristinae
Genus Eudryas (Wood Nymphs)
Species unio (Pearly Wood-Nymph - Hodges#9299)

Hodges Number

9299

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eudryas unio – (Hübner, [1831]

Explanation of Names

Species name unio is Latin for "onion" or "large pearl". The latter seems to be the context. (Based on Internet searches.)

Size

Wingspan 26-35 mm (1)

Identification

Adult: dark band along outer margin of forewing is scalloped on the inside.

Range

Eastern and central North America

Habitat

usually found near marshy areas where both Epilobium and cattails (Typha) grow together.

Season

This species is univoltine with a partial second generation on Block Island, RI, flying mainly June and early July but with records as late as mid-September.(2)

Food

Larvae feed on Evening-primrose, grapes, other herbs.

Life Cycle

Mated pair; larva; larva excavating pupation site; pupa; adult

See Also

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata) dark band along outer margin of forewing is smoothly curved on the inside
Compare E. unio/E. grata:

Print References

Covell, p. 139, plate 27 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - photos of living and pinned adults.
iNaturalist
Mass Moths
Moths of North Carolina

Works Cited

1.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
2.Block Island Moths
Contributed by Cotinis on 29 March, 2004 - 1:26pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, anitagould, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Blocky
Last updated 14 August, 2024 - 6:44pm

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