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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Phalerinae » Peridea » Angulose Prominent - Hodges#7920 (Peridea angulosa)

Species Peridea angulosa - Angulose Prominent - Hodges#7920

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · 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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Phalerinae
Genus Peridea
Species angulosa (Angulose Prominent - Hodges#7920)
Hodges Number
7920
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Peridea angulosa (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Phalaena angulosa J. E. Smith 1797
Phylogenetic sequence # 930049 (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 3 species of the genus Peridea in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan: 35-45mm (2)
Larvae to 45mm (3)
Identification


Larvae have white and pink spiracular stripe that runs to the mandibles.
Larvae with reddish ground color occur in some fall-active larvae:
Range
Southern Canada to Florida, west to Texas (3)
Habitat
Barrens, woodlands, and forests (3)
Season
Adults: May-Oct (2)
Mature larvae: May-November, two generations over much of East (3)
Food
Oaks - Quercus spp. (2), (3)
Life Cycle
If disturbed, larva will coil and raise the head over the body in a snakelike fashion. (3)
Remarks
Uncommon to common (2)
Print References
Wagner, Caterpillars of Eastern Forests, p. 292--photo of caterpillar, adult (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Moths of Maryland - Images of live adults
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Butterflies and Moths of North America - Images of pinned adults & distribution map
Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images - Images of live adults
InsectImages.org - Image of larva
Discover Life - Image of larva
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
3.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
4.Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
David L. Wagner, Valerie Giles, Richard C. Reardon, Michael L. McManus. 1998. U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 13 February, 2022 - 12:08pm

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