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

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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
See Also
Palthis asopialis
Faint-spotted Palthis
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 43.5; p. 255.(3)