Species Diasemiodes janassialis - Hodges#5172

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Diasemiodes janassialis? - Diasemiodes janassialis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)

Subfamily Spilomelinae

Tribe Nomophilini

Genus Diasemiodes

Species janassialis (Diasemiodes janassialis - Hodges#5172)

Hodges Number

5172

Other Common Names

Pied Shawl Moth

Numbers

One of three species in this genus in our area.

Identification

Adult: wings black with white lines; forewing PM line with convex lobe near middle, and adjacent concave lobe near inner margin; AM line white; small white patch about halfway along wing near inner margin; hindwing with white diagonal band projecting from costa toward middle of outer margin but not reaching it; median and basal bands white; abdomen black with thin white band on each segment

Range

Maryland to Florida, west to Texas

See Also

Diasemiodes nigralis has less white on both wings

Diasemiopsis leodocusalis has more white spots and speckling on both wings, more white on abdomen, and hindwing lacks white diagonal band projecting from costa toward outer margin

Diathrausta species have white patches on wings, not white lines (see images by Jim Vargo at MPG)

Scraped Pilocrocis (Pilocrocis ramentalis) has grayish-brown wings, and hindwing has sinuous white PM line with squarish convex lobe near middle

Internet References

live adult image (Larry Line, Maryland)

Moth Photographers Group

iNaturalist

Moths of North Carolina

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 October, 2006 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, marcie oconnor, Kyhl Austin, Blocky
Last updated 23 September, 2023 - 2:52pm

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