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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Plusiini » Euchalciina » Eosphoropteryx » Pink-patched Looper Moth - Hodges#8905 (Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides)

Species Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides - Pink-patched Looper Moth - Hodges#8905

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Plusiinae larva - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides UNKNOWN CATERPILLAR - GREEN AND WHITE LOOPER 06.JPG - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Noctuidae - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Pink-patched Looper - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Pink-patched Looper Moth - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Pink-patched Looper Moth - Hodges#8905 - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Unknown Moth - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
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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 Plusiinae (Looper Moths)
Tribe Plusiini
Subtribe Euchalciina
Genus Eosphoropteryx
Species thyatyroides (Pink-patched Looper Moth - Hodges#8905)
Hodges Number
8905
Other Common Names
Pink-tinted Beauty
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides (Guenée, 1852)
Plusia thyatyroides Guenée, 1852
* phylogenetic sequence #931187
Size
forewing length 16-18 mm (Pogue, 2005)(1)
Range
Nova Scotia and northern Ontario south to Minnessota, Michigan, Ohio, and south through the Appalachians, from Maine to western North Carolina. In the west from Central Alberta and southern British Columbia south through the Cascades into southern Oregen (Pogue, 2005).(1)
Habitat
Lush meadows, open deciduous woodland, woodland clearings and edges (E.H. Strickland Museum).
Food
Meadow-rue Thalictrum sp. (Forbes, 1954), Chelone glabra, Eupatorium rugosum
Life Cycle
larva; larva; adult
Print References
Eichlin, T.D. & H. B. Cunningham 1978. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology. USDA Tech. Bulletin 1567: 1-122 (PDF)(2)
Guenée, A. 1852. Noctuilites. Hist. Nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6: 337
Lafontaine, J. D. & R. W. Poole 1991. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 25.1: p.73; pl.1.43
Pogue, M. G. 2005. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Zootaxa 1032: 1–28 (PDF)(1)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl.49.32m; p.278(3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
E.H. Strickland Museum - species page
CBIF image of pinned adult
Moths of Maryland - images of live adults
Works Cited
1.The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Michael G, Pogue. 2005. Magnolia Press Zootaxa 1032: 1–28.
2.The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology
Thomas D. Eichlin, Hugh B. Cunningham. 1978. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1567: 1-121.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 February, 2006 - 11:06pm
Additional contributions by Jason D. Roberts, John Davis, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 30 July, 2017 - 9:35pm

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