Genus Parahypenodes

placed in subfamily Hypenodinae by Hodges (1983)

placed in subfamily Hypeninae by Kitching and Rawlins (1999)

placed in subfamily Strepsimaninae by All-Leps (as of 2006)

1 species in North America (and the world) listed at All-Leps

wingspan about 18 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Adult: forewing light yellowish to medium gray with dark gray rectangular patch representing reniform spot; AM line scalloped, sometimes faint; PM line toothed, sinuous, with large lobe beyond reniform spot; darker shading beyond PM line stops short of outer margin; terminal line scalloped, with points of the scallops extending into fringe, giving it a somewhat checkered appearance; hindiwing pale gray

Nova Scotia to Florida, east to Tennessee, north to Wisconsin and Ontario

moist and sandy places

adults fly from June to September in the south; late June and July in the north (Quebec)

unknown

one generation per year

pinned adult image of P. quadralis plus photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)

presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

presence in Wisconsin; location and date state record by Leslie Ferge; search on genus "Parahypenodes" (Lepidopterists Society Season Summary, U. of Florida)

distribution list of boundary states, provinces (Dalton State College, Georgia)

distribution in Canada list of provinces (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

classification in subfamily Hypenodinae by Hodges, 1983 (Markku Savela, FUNET)

classification in subfamily Hypeninae by Kitching and Rawlins, 1999 (Brian Pitkin et al, Butterflies and Moths of the World)