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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Eriopygini » Orthodes » Disparaged Arches - Hodges#10288 (Orthodes detracta)

Species Orthodes detracta - Disparaged Arches - Hodges#10288

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References

Orthodes detracta - Disparaged Arches - Hodges#10288 - Orthodes detracta

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Eriopygini

Genus Orthodes

Species detracta (Disparaged Arches - Hodges#10288)

Hodges Number

10288

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orthodes detracta (Walker, 1857)

Size

FWL ≈ 13-15mm

Identification

Adult: FW mottled gray-brown, with rust-colored patches • Basal dash, weak black • AM doubled, irregular in shape • Orbicular & reniform, light outlined black • Claviform is thick black, apically pointed, nearly reaching PM • PM doubled, slightly scalloped • ST pale, lightest at apex • Male antenna is weakly bipectinate. a

Range

Range extends from the Atlantic from Pacific Northwest. Occurs from central Alberta to northern New Mexico in the West and from southern Quebec and Nova Scotia to North Carolina and northern Mississippi in the East. a

Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart

Habitat

Widely distributed throughout much of eastern North America in moist hardwood forest habitats. Occurs in boreal forest in British Columbia. a

Season

A long flight season is reported for this species in the East suggesting that it might be multiple-brooded there. It has been collected in early July in British Columbia. It is nocturnal and comes to lights. a

Food

Larva: a generalist feeding on many kinds of hardwoods including birches (Betula spp.) in the Betulaceae, oaks (Quercus spp.) in the Fagaceae, huckleberries (Vaccinium spp.) in the Ericaceae, and serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.) in the Rosaceae. a

Life Cycle

Eggs; larva; adult

See Also

Orthodes goodelli, which has a smaller claviform spot, less distinct lines/spots, and lacks a basal dash. The male antenna of is bead-like rather than bipectinate.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of live & pinned adults

Pacific Northwest Moths – detailed description & images of pinned adults

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Contributed by Cotinis on 17 March, 2006 - 4:00pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Chris Grinter, marcie oconnor
Last updated 10 March, 2022 - 3:37pm

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