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Genus Epiglaea

Representative Images

Sallow - Epiglaea apiata Epiglaea decliva - Sloping Sallow - Epiglaea decliva Epiglaea apiata Unidentified Sallow - Epiglaea apiata 9947 Pointed Sallow (Epiglaea apiata) - Epiglaea apiata Epiglaea apiata - Epiglaea apiata 9947 Pointed Sallow (Epiglaea apiata) - Epiglaea apiata maybe Sloping Sallow? - Epiglaea decliva
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Epiglaea

Numbers

2 species in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan 34-50 mm
larvae to 50 mm

Range

E. apiata: Newfoundland to South Carolina, west to Missouri, north to British Columbia
E. decliva: Quebec and Maine to South Carolina, west to Kansas, north to Alberta

Habitat

bogs, barrens, heathlands, open woods, southern pinelands; adults are nocturnal and come to light

Season

adults fly from August to December

Food

larvae of E. apiata feed on leaves of cranberry and blueberry (Vaccinium spp.)
larvae of E. decliva feed on leaves of apple, cherry, and oak

Internet References

pinned adult images and photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)
pinned adult images (CBIF)
presence in South Carolina list and county distribution maps (John Snyder, Furman U., South Carolina)
distribution in Canada list of provinces (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 November, 2006 - 10:47pm

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