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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Psaphidini » Psaphidina » Psaphida » Figure-Eight Sallow - Hodges#10019 (Psaphida resumens)

Species Psaphida resumens - Figure-Eight Sallow - Hodges#10019

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Figure-eight Sallow - Psaphida resumens - male

Figure-eight Sallow - Psaphida resumens - female

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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 Amphipyrinae

Tribe Psaphidini

Subtribe Psaphidina

Genus Psaphida

Species resumens (Figure-Eight Sallow - Hodges#10019)

Hodges Number

10019

Numbers

one of seven species in the genus for North America north of Mexico (a)

Size

wingspan 32-38 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing mottled pale and dark gray; orbicular, reniform, and claviform spots large, pale gray; orbicular and claviform spots usually touch each other, forming a figure-8; black anal dash crosses broad white ST line; hindwing grayish-brown with darker markings and shading

[adapted from description by Charles Covell, who mistakenly writes "orbicular and reniform spots usually touch..."]

Range

southern Ontario and Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas, north to Minnesota

Habitat

deciduous woods; adults are nocturnal and attracted to light

Season

adults fly from March to May

Food

larvae feed on leaves of oak and maple

See Also

Copivaleria grotei can be confusing

no similar species: the figure-8 formed by the orbicular and claviform spots is diagnostic

Print References

Poole, R.W. 1995. The Moths of North America. Fascicle 26.1; p. 166; pl. 5.1-3.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 18 March, 2006 - 1:59pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 29 March, 2023 - 1:44pm

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