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Species Ipimorpha pleonectusa - Even-lined Sallow - Hodges#9555

Even-lined Sallow - Ipimorpha pleonectusa

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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 Xylenini

Subtribe Cosmiina

Genus Ipimorpha

Species pleonectusa (Even-lined Sallow - Hodges#9555)

Hodges Number

9555

Other Common Names

Blackcheeked Aspen Caterpillar (larva)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ipimorpha pleonectusa (Grote, 1873)

Numbers

the only Ipimorpha species in the east; uncommon

Size

wingspan 30-35 mm

Identification

Adult: FW light to medium brown, grayish, or orangish; AM and PM lines pale, fairly straight; AM line oblique; reniform, orbicular, claviform spots usually distinct, dark with thin pale outlines; claviform spot flattened basally where it connects to AM line. HW yellowish brown, paler than FW.

Larva: head with black "cheeks"; body shiny yellowish-green, smooth, with 1 thick pale middorsal stripe and 2 thin pale dorsolateral stripes

Range

Yukon and British Columbia to Newfoundland, south in the east to Maryland and Kentucky, south in the west to Utah and Oregon (?) - perhaps farther south

Habitat

boreal forest, mixed woods, aspen groves, edges of forest clearings and treed flood plains

Season

adults fly from July to September

Food

larvae feed on leaves of Populus spp. (poplar) and willow

Life Cycle

one generation per year; overwinters as an egg

Larva; adult

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

BOLD Systems

live adult and larva images and other info (Jeremy Tatum, Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island)

adult image (Larry Line, Maryland)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 28 November, 2005 - 2:10pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 1 November, 2025 - 9:14am

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