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Species Marathyssa inficita - Dark Marathyssa - Hodges#8955

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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 Euteliidae
Subfamily Euteliinae
Genus Marathyssa
Species inficita (Dark Marathyssa - Hodges#8955)
Hodges Number
8955
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Marathyssa inficita (Walker, 1865)
Eutelia inficita Walker, 1865 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931103
Numbers
Marathyssa includes three species in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
wingspan 2.5-2.8 cm.
Identification
The forewings are blue-grey with dark streaking and maroon near the base and apex.
The maroon/reddish patch along costa near apex is not present in Marathyssa basalis
Range
Widespread in eastern North America, west across southern Canada to southern British Columbia
Food
larvae feed on Staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta), Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra), and Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans).
Life Cycle
1.mated pair 2.middle instar larva 3.final instar larva 4.adult
See Also
Marathyssa minus which is very similar and occurs from Texas to Arizona
Marathyssa basalis has dorsal tufts on abdomen, Forbes (1954) (3)
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, pl. 46.1, p. 263. (4)
Walker, 1865: 818 (1)
Internet References
BOLD; BOLD:AAA8923
MPG
Works Cited
1.List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
F. Walker. 1865. Vol 33-34.
2.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 .
3.Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Part III [Noctuidae]
William T. M. Forbes . 1954. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station Memoir: Number 329: 1-433.
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 October, 2004 - 2:58pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Blocky
Last updated 30 May, 2023 - 12:54pm

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