Species Sphacelodes vulneraria - Hodges#6800

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References

Sphacelodes vulneraria, resting - Sphacelodes vulneraria - male

Sphacelodes Moth - Hodges #6800 - Sphacelodes vulneraria - female

Sphacelodes Moth - Hodges #6800 - Sphacelodes vulneraria - male

Texas SE Gulf Coast - Sphacelodes vulneraria - male

Sphacelodes sp. - Sphacelodes vulneraria

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Ennominae

Tribe Sphacelodini

Genus Sphacelodes

Species vulneraria (Sphacelodes vulneraria - Hodges#6800)

Hodges Number

6800

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sphacelodes vulneraria (Hübner, 1823)

Identification

Dusky brown upperwings with a small obtuse yellow or orange triangle along the leading edge. Antenna are the same color as those triangles, contrasting strongly with the dark head and body. A single tiny white fleck near the leading edge of the hindwing. Two or three concentric bands of darker brown on each wing.

Male Female

Range

Recorded in the US from the Florida Keys, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, and New York. Ranges south through the Caribbean and Mexico into South America.

Food

In Costa Rica, the caterpillar has been collected and reared on Zizyphus guatemalensis (Rhamnaceae).

Internet References

Guanacaste caterpillar, food plant, and parasitoid database

A List of the Insects of New York State

A Working List of Maryland Moths

Moths of St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Moths of Belize

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 22 December, 2006 - 12:13pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 1 November, 2015 - 7:50pm

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