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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Elaphriini » Chytonix » Cloaked Marvel - Hodges#9556 (Chytonix palliatricula)

Species Chytonix palliatricula - Cloaked Marvel - Hodges#9556

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · 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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Elaphriini
Genus Chytonix
Species palliatricula (Cloaked Marvel - Hodges#9556)
Hodges Number
9556
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chytonix palliatricula (Guenée, 1852)
Apamea iaspis Guenee, 1852
Bryophila palliatricula Guenee, 1852
Phylogenetic sequence # 932249.5
Numbers
one of three species in the genus for North America north of Mexico(1)
Now considered to be one of two species (2) (2011)
Size
Wingspan 2.8-3.3 cm
Identification
Two forms, one with the large white patch covering most of the forewing, and the other without it. The form with the large white patch is less common.
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:


The form without the large white patch is very similar to Chytonix sensilis. See here for an explanation of the differences.
Genitalia:
♀
♂
Range
Includes eastern North America
Season
May-August
Life Cycle
Larva feed on "gilled and pore-bearing mushrooms" per Wagner et al in Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America, 2011. Comes to bait and to light.
See Also
Chytonix sensilis See here for an explanation of the differences.
Phosphila miselioides
Print References
Covell, p. 130, plate 25 #14, #17 (3)
Himmelman, pp. 19-20, description only (4)
Holland, p. 161, plate XIX #13, 14 (5)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photograph pinned adult of related species for comparison.
Maryland Moths
Canadian Biodiversity
NCSU Entomology collection lists just this species for the genus in the state of North Carolina.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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.Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico
J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.
3.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
4.Discovering Moths: Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard
John Himmelman. 2002. Down East Books.
5.The Moth Book
W.J. Holland. 1968. Dover.
Contributed by Cotinis on 17 May, 2004 - 6:10pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Ted Kropiewnicki, dennepj10, lee_penner, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 16 November, 2023 - 11:05pm

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