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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Hypenodinae » Dyspyralis

Genus Dyspyralis

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Unidentified Moth - Dyspyralis puncticosta Spot-edged Dyspyralis Moth - Hodges#8427 - Dyspyralis puncticosta Charlie Brown moth - Dyspyralis illocata Spot-edged Dyspyralis - Dyspyralis puncticosta Moth - Dyspyralis nigellus Visitation Moth - Dyspyralis illocata Moth - Dyspyralis illocata 8428 Nigella Dyspyralis (Dyspyralis nigellus) - Dyspyralis nigellus
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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 Hypenodinae
Genus Dyspyralis
Numbers
4 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Size
winspan 15-20 mm
Identification
small noctuids with light or dark brown forewings and patchy markings
Range
Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to Iowa, north to Ontario
Season
adults fly from June to August
Food
unknown
Remarks
apparently seldom encountered and usually not well represented in collections
Internet References
pinned adult images of 3 species occurring in eastern Canada (CBIF)
live adult image and description of D. nigella (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
distribution in United States (Dalton State College, Georgia)
distribution in Canada (CBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 9 December, 2005 - 7:06pm
Last updated 9 December, 2005 - 8:32pm

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