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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Ctenuchina » Dahana » Black-winged Dahana - Hodges#8266 (Dahana atripennis)

Species Dahana atripennis - Black-winged Dahana - Hodges#8266

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Black-winged Dahana Moth? - Dahana atripennis

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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)

Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)

Subtribe Ctenuchina

Genus Dahana

Species atripennis (Black-winged Dahana - Hodges#8266)

Hodges Number

8266

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dahana atripennis Grote, 1875

* phylogenetic sequence #930439

Numbers

The only member of Dahana in North America.

Size

Adult wingspan 33-40 mm(1)

Identification

Orange abdomen, blue at base. Brown-black forewings with yellow anal dash. Black hindwings with blue tint(1)

Range

Georgia - Florida - South Carolina.

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Season

Year-round in Florida(1)

Food

Larva (caterpillar) feeds on Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides (1) (photos of the larvae on Spanish moss at the Georgia Lepidoptera link)

USDA plant profile (PDF)

Print References

Covell, p. 75, plate 11 #13 (1)

description

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, live and pinned adults.

Georgia Lepidoptera - photos of adults and larvae.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Mike Boone on 1 October, 2004 - 9:16am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 December, 2020 - 2:55pm

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