Species Hadena capsularis - Capsule Moth - Hodges#10317

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Capsule Moth - Hodges#10317 - Hadena capsularis

Sympistis pernotata ? - Hadena capsularis

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Hadenini

Genus Hadena

Species capsularis (Capsule Moth - Hodges#10317)

Hodges Number

10317

Explanation of Names

Hadena capsularis (Guenée, 1852)

Size

FWL 13 - 14 mm (1)

Identification

Adult: FW medium gray ground, including a large pale-filled orbicular spot, a pointed claviform spot, and a series of horizontal black lines at the dentate W-mark along the outer margin. AM and PM are black, doubled. (1)

Range

Distributed throughout much of eastern North America, extending westward throughout the Rocky Mountains to British Columbia and Arizona. (1)

Food

This species is a foodplant specialist feeding on herbaceous plants of the pink family (Caryophyllaceae), including the genera Dianthus and Silene. Larvae tend to feed on the flowers and seedheads. (1)

See Also

Hadena ectrapela - The orbicular spot of this species tends to be smaller and more obliquely-oriented than that of H. capsularis, and it has a white W-mark formed by the subterminal line in the area where H. capsularis has black lines along the outer margin.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – species page (2)

BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (3)

Pacific Northwest Moths – detailed description & images of pinned adults (1)

Works Cited

1.	Pacific Northwest Moths

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 January, 2010 - 9:32pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 9 April, 2017 - 3:02pm

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