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Species Pyrrhia aurantiago - Orange Sallow Moth - Hodges#11065

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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Heliothinae

Genus Pyrrhia

Species aurantiago (Orange Sallow Moth - Hodges#11065 )

Hodges Number

11065

Other Common Names

Aureolaria Seed Borer

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrrhia aurantiago (Guenée, 1852)

Rhodoecia aurantiago Guenée, 1852

Phylogentic sequence # 932042

Numbers

Pyrrhia has three species in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan about 25-33 mm. (2)

Range

Heppner (2003) listed the range as Ontario to Florida, Wisconsin to Texas. (3) (4)

Season

Adults appear to be most common from July to October. There are some January and February records (?) (MPG)

Brou reported the Louisiana flight is September and October.

Heppner (2003) reported adults from August to October in Florida. (3)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed the following as larval host plants. (3)

Aureolaria grandiflora (Benth.) Pennell (largeflower yellow false foxglove).

Antirrhinum L. sp. (snapdragons).

Dasistoma macrophylla (Nutt.) Raf. (mullein foxglove). (5)

Agalinis Raf. sp. [Gerardia L.] (false foxglove).

Linaria vulgaris Mill. (butter and eggs).

Remarks

Listed as uncommon to rare. (6), (7), (5)

Print References

Riotte, J.C.E. 1992. Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera. Royal Ontario Museum. 167. (8)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (9)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (10)

Lepbarcoding.org

Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program

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.	New York Natural Heritage Program Conservation Guide - Aureolaria Seed Borer (Pyrrhia aurantiago) Andrea Chaloux. 2013. New York Natural Heritage Program.

3.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

5.	Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.

6.	Pyrrhia aurantiago (Guenée, 1852) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Louisiana Vernon Antoine Brou Jr.

7.	Rare, Declining, and Poorly Known Butterflies and Moths of Forests and Woodlands in the Eastern United States Dale F. Schweitzer, Marc C. Minno, David L. Wagner. 2011. U.S. Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, FHTET-2011-01. .

8.	Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera J. C. E. Riotte. 1992. Royal Ontario Museum 1-208.

9.	North American Moth Photographers Group

10.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 October, 2011 - 12:05pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 13 December, 2013 - 12:35pm

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