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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Euparthenos » Locust Underwing - Hodges#8719 (Euparthenos nubilis)

Species Euparthenos nubilis - Locust Underwing - Hodges#8719

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

Locust Underwing - Euparthenos nubilis - Euparthenos nubilis

Catocala sp. ? - Euparthenos nubilis - female

Five-lined Skink with Moth in Mouth - Aholibah Underwing? - Euparthenos nubilis

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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 Erebinae

Tribe Omopterini

Genus Euparthenos

Species nubilis (Locust Underwing - Hodges#8719)

Hodges Number

8719

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euparthenos nubilis (Hübner, 1823)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931055

Numbers

Euparthenos nubilis is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Nelson & Loy (1983) listed the wingspan as 60-70 mm. (3)

Crumb (1956) reported the larvae mature at about 50 mm. (4)

Identification

The hindwing is deep yellow/orange with 4 wavy black bands.

Range

Maine and Ontario, to northern Florida. West to Nebraska and Arizona. (3), (5), (6)

Season

2 broods, April to September.

Food

The larval host is Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust). (4)

Adults are often found on fermenting fruit. (2)

Remarks

Adults are often attracted to light. (2)

See Also

True underwings (Catocala) HW have only 2-3 black bands on hindwing.

Print References

Covell, Charles Jr., Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. (7)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, p. 260, pl. 45.2. (2)

Crumb, Samuel Ebb, 1956. The larvae of the Phalaenidae. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Technical Bulletin no. 1135 p. 287. (4)

Nelson, John M. & Peter W. Loy, 1983. The underwing moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 63: 60, 61, 63. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Maryland Moths

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)

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.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	The underwing moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Oklahoma John M. Nelson, Peter W. Loy. 1983. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 63: 60-67.

4.	The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae] Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)

7.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.

8.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by tom murray on 23 December, 2005 - 9:32pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 August, 2013 - 1:12am

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