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Species Palthis angulalis - Dark-spotted Palthis - Hodges#8397

Dark-spotted Palthis - Palthis angulalis

Is this a plume moth? - Palthis angulalis

Dark-spotted Palthis Moth - Palthis angulalis

Dark-spotted Palthis - Palthis angulalis - male

Herminiinae (Litter Moth), Dark-spotted Palthis - Palthis angulalis

Moth to porch light - Palthis angulalis - 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 Erebidae

Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)

Genus Palthis

Species angulalis (Dark-spotted Palthis - Hodges#8397)

Hodges Number

8397

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Palthis angulalis (Hübner, 1796)

Phylogenetic sequence # 930551

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included two species of the genus Palthis in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Wingspan 20-26 mm.

Identification

The lack of the dark patch on the outer margin of FW near apex, and the strongly curved dark median band that doesn't touch the AM line excludes asopialis (dark median band often borders AM line in asopialis).

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Food

Conifers and deciduous trees including ash, alder, maple, spruce, willow (2)

Life Cycle

Larva; larva on food plant; adult

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 43.5; p. 255.(3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Pacific Northwest Moths (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

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 Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Pacific Northwest Moths

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 9 December, 2025 - 9:55am

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