Species Cisthene striata - Striated Lichen Moth - Hodges#8068

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Striated Lichen Moth, Cisthene striatus - Cisthene striata

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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 Erebidae

Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)

Tribe Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)

Subtribe Cisthenina

Genus Cisthene

Species striata (Striated Lichen Moth - Hodges#8068)

Hodges Number

8068

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cisthene striata Ottolengui, 1898

* phylogenetic sequence #930185

Size

Wingspan about 17 mm (Ottolengui, 1898)

Identification

Similar to Lead-colored Lichen Moth but with blurry whitish to pale gray dusting in three broad bands in basal 2/3 of forewings and similar color between all veins in outer par of the wing.(1) Pink-orange PM spot on inner margin ranges from large to small or rarely absent. Intermediate forms with Lead-colored occur in n. Florida and s. Georgia (Kons 2001, BOLD). Taxonomic trees from barcoding show specimens of Striated thoroughly intermixed with Lead-colored, suggesting the two taxa may not be genetically distinct.

Range

Mainly Florida but with recent specimens barcoded from s. Georgia.

See Also

Lead-colored Lichen Moth - lacks whitish dusting on forewings; ranges further north and west.

Print References

Kons, Hugo L., Jr. 2001 (ms.). Contributions toward a Lepidoptera (Psycidae, Yponomeutidae, Sesiidae, Cossidae, Zygaenoidea, Thyridida, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Mimalonoidea, Bombycoidea, Sphingoidea, & Noctuoidea) biodiversity inventory of the Univ. of Florida Nat. Area Teaching Lab. 17 p.

Ottolengui, R. (1898) A new Bombycid. The Canadian Entomologist 30 (3): 101

Sexton, C., and H. McGuinness. 2017. Identification of lichen moths in the genus Cisthene in the central and eastern U.S. Southern Lep. News (39(4):309-322.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Works Cited

1.	A Revision of the Species of Cisthene Known to Occur North of the Mexican Border (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) Carroll B. Knowlton. 1967. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 93(1): 41-100.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 21 December, 2009 - 2:07pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 May, 2019 - 10:23am

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