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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Cirrhophanus » Goldenrod Stowaway - Hodges#9766 (Cirrhophanus triangulifer)

Species Cirrhophanus triangulifer - Goldenrod Stowaway - Hodges#9766

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Stiriinae
Tribe Stiriini
Genus Cirrhophanus
Species triangulifer (Goldenrod Stowaway - Hodges#9766)
Hodges Number
9766
Other Common Names
Tickseed Moth
Explanation of Names
Cirrhophanus triangulifer Grote, 1872
Numbers
3 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
wingspan 30-44 mm
Identification
Adult: body and wings bright shiny yellow; forewing streaked with orange; PM line broadly curved; hindwing may have slight grayish-brown shading (2).
Range
TX-FL-NJ-NE - Map - MPG
in Canada, recorded from Ontario only
Habitat
Adults may be found during the day on the flowers of goldenrod (Solidago spp.), Coreopsis species, Bidens species, and other yellow composites, where they are well-concealed.
Season
Adults fly mainly in August and September - MPG
Food
larvae feed on Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) and other Bidens species
Remarks
uncommon
Print References
Covell, p. 138, plate 27 #8 (2)
Salsbury, p. 346--color photo (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
live adult image and common name reference [Goldenrod Stowaway] (Charles Lewallen, Oklahoma)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)
presence in Texas - University of Texas, Austin list
Works Cited
1.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 .
2.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
3.Insects in Kansas
Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White. 2000. Kansas Dept. of Agriculture.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 September, 2005 - 10:58am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Ron M.
Last updated 17 February, 2014 - 12:32pm

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