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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Sack-bearer Moths (Mimallonoidea) » Sack-bearer Moths (Mimallonidae) » Lacosoma » Scalloped Sack-bearer - Hodges#7659 (Lacosoma chiridota)

Species Lacosoma chiridota - Scalloped Sack-bearer - Hodges#7659

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Scalloped Sack-bearer - Lacosoma chiridota - female

Scalloped Sack-bearer - Lacosoma chiridota

Lacosoma chiridota - Scalloped Sack-bearer - Lacosoma chiridota - female

Unknown Moth - Lacosoma chiridota - female

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Mimallonoidea (Sack-bearer Moths)

Family Mimallonidae (Sack-bearer Moths)

Genus Lacosoma

Species chiridota (Scalloped Sack-bearer - Hodges#7659)

Hodges Number

7659

Size

Wingspan 20-32 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing deeply scalloped and with hooked apex, shaded with dark brown in male, yellowish to reddish-brown in female; PM line and small reniform spot on forewing similar in both sexes

[description by Charles Covell]

Hindwing of females scalloped: males smoothly rounded. Compare pinned photographs at Moth Photographers Group

Range

southern Ontario and New Hampshire to Florida, west to Texas, north to Iowa

Habitat

Many forest types, wherever oak (Quercus) is found

Season

adults fly from April to September

Food

Larvae feed on leaves of oak.

Life Cycle

Larvae build open-ended cases (sacks) in which they overwinter.

Remarks

Mating takes place in the late afternoon, the males are diurnal and are rarely attracted to light, females release pheromones during the day but oviposit at night.

Print References

Covell, p. 57, plate 11 #2, #5 (1)

Wright, pp. 124-125, caterpillar and imago illustrated (2)

Wagner, p. 218--photos of adult, imago (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Maryland Moths adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)

Moths of Canada pinned adult image

Dallas Butterflies pinned adult image (Dale Clark, Texas)

Hilton Pond--photos of caterpillar, shelter

BioOne--sexual behavior of adults

Works Cited

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

2.	Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars of North America Amy Bartlett Wright. 1998. Houghton Mifflin Company.

3.	Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Cotinis on 22 July, 2004 - 2:03pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Ryan St Laurent
Last updated 12 March, 2018 - 9:45am

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