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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Window-winged Moths (Thyridoidea) » Window-winged Moths (Thyrididae) » Thyridinae » Thyris » Spotted Thyris - Hodges#6076 (Thyris maculata)

Species Thyris maculata - Spotted Thyris - Hodges#6076

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Moth - Spotted Thyris (Thyris maculata) dorsal - Thyris maculata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Thyridoidea (Window-winged Moths)

Family Thyrididae (Window-winged Moths)

Subfamily Thyridinae

Genus Thyris

Species maculata (Spotted Thyris - Hodges#6076)

Hodges Number

6076

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Thyris maculata Harris, 1839

Thyris perspicua (Walker, 1856)

Explanation of Names

maculata - Latin for 'spot, spotted' (1)

Size

wingspan 12-15 mm (2)

Identification

Adult: wings blackish with inconspicuous orange spots. Note round translucent whitish spot in median area of forewing; 2 other spots close together on hindwing. (2)

Range

mostly: TX-FL-ME-WI, w/ scattered western records (MPG data)

Habitat

open areas with flowers

Season

mostly: Apr-Aug (MPG data)

Food

Larvae feed on Clematis and Houstonia species.

Adults take nectar from flowers of herbaceous plants.

Also may form puddle parties (O'Connor 2011)

Life Cycle

diurnal

Mated pair; leaf curl with larva; larva; adult

Remarks

local and uncommon (2), but see O'Connor (2011)

See Also

Mournful Thyris (Thyris sepulchralis) but has more white spots and no orange on wings

Print References

Covell, pp. 392-393, plate 57#2 (3) (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

live adult images - Marcie O'Connor, Wisconsin

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.

3.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 July, 2004 - 11:05pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, David Ferguson, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor
Last updated 14 March, 2018 - 8:36am

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