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Species Coelodasys apicalis - Hodges#8009

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Coelodasys
Species apicalis (Coelodasys apicalis - Hodges#8009)
Hodges Number
8009
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coelodasys apicalis Grote & Robinson, 1866
Explanation of Names
Coelodasys apicalis Grote & Robinson, 1866, n. comb. in Miller et al. (2021)(1), was formerly in the genus Schizura.
Size
wingspan 26 - 32mm (2)
Range
Historically from scattered areas of southern Quebec and southern Maine to Wisconsin and southward, including parts of Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas, to Texas and Florida (2)
Canada: NS to MB; USA: ME west to NE and south to FL and LA (1)
Type locality: "Eastern States".
Habitat
xeric, oak scrub, oak-pine scrub, savanna, or barrens (2)
Season
adults fly mid-June to early August in the north and January to June in Florida (2)
Food
probably polyphagous but have been reported on bayberry, wax myrtle, sweet fern, and blueberry (2)
Internet References
CBIF - Image of pinned adult
Moths of Maryland - Image of pinned adult
Moth Photographers Group - Image of pinned adult
All-Leps - Images of pinned adults
Works Cited
1.Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae
Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.
2.Rare, Declining, and Poorly Known Butterflies and Moths of Forests and Woodlands in the Eastern United States
Dale F. Schweitzer, Marc C. Minno, David L. Wagner. 2011. U.S. Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, FHTET-2011-01. .