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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Lichen Moths (Lithosiini) » Lithosiina » Manulea » Bicolored Moth - Hodges#8043 (Manulea bicolor)

Species Manulea bicolor - Bicolored Moth - Hodges#8043

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · 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 Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)
Subtribe Lithosiina
Genus Manulea
Species bicolor (Bicolored Moth - Hodges#8043)
Hodges Number
8043
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Manulea bicolor (Grote, 1864)
Lithosia bicolor Grote, 1864
Eilema bicolor (Grote, 1864)
Lithosia argillacea Packard, 1864
Transfered from Eilema to Manulea by Dubatolov (2015) (1)
Phylogenetic Sequence # 930217
Size
Wingspan 24-35 mm
Range
Northern North America: Labrador south to New England, west across Canada to South Dakota.
Habitat
Coniferous forests
Season
June-August
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on lichens growing on conifers.
See Also
A view of the abdomen will help to eliminate the very similar Tiger Moth, Euchaetes antica. (check the range = southwestern)
Print References
Covell, p. 58, plate 16 #2 (2)
Dubatolov, V.V., 2015. Taxonomic review of Manulea subgenus Setema (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). The Canadian Entomologist 147: 1–12.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Pacific Northwest Moths (PNM) (5)
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (6)
Moths of North America
Works Cited
1.Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III
Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt. 2015. ZooKeys 527: 127-147.
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
6.University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Contributed by Cotinis on 13 January, 2006 - 4:03pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 July, 2020 - 2:38pm

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