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Species Trichodezia albovittata - White-striped Black - Hodges#7430

Moth, Trichodezia? - Trichodezia albovittata

White Striped Black - Trichodezia albovittata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Larentiinae

Tribe Asthenini

Genus Trichodezia

Species albovittata (White-striped Black - Hodges#7430)

Hodges Number

7430

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Trichodezia albovittata (Guenée, [1858])

Numbers

one of 3 species in this genus in North America

Size

wingspan 20-25 mm (1)

Identification

Adult: wings black with white bar across forewing, narrowing and meeting terminal white wedge near inner margin; hindwing fringe black, white toward outer angle (1)

Genitalia:

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♂

Range

Alaska to Newfoundland and Labrador, south in the east to North Carolina, south in the west to northern California

Habitat

damp deciduous woodlands where larval foodplant grows

Season

adults fly during the day from April to September

Food

larvae feed on touch-me-not (jewelweed) (Impatiens spp.)

Life Cycle

two generations per year

larva; adult

Print References

Powell, J.A., and P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 33, fig. 6; p. 227.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

presence in North Carolina 15 pinned specimens in collection, including locally collected specimens (North Carolina State U.)

distribution in Canada listing every Canadian province and territory except Nunavut (CBIF)

Works Cited

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

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 7 September, 2004 - 5:08pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, anitagould, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 6:37pm

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