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Species Iodopepla u-album - White-eyed Borer Moth - Hodges#9522

Iodopepla u-album - White-eyed Borer Moth - Iodopepla u-album

Iodopepla u-album (White-eyed Borer) - Iodopepla u-album

White-eyed Borer Moth (Iodopepla u-album)? - Iodopepla u-album

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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Actinotiini

Genus Iodopepla

Species u-album (White-eyed Borer Moth - Hodges#9522)

Hodges Number

9522

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Iodopepla baliola; Morrison, 1874

Iodopepla purpuripennis; Grote, 1875

described in 1852 by Guenee who originally placed it in genus Ceramica

Numbers

the only species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan about 33 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Identification

Adult: forewing purplish-gray with dark shading beyond subterminal line and in patch surrounding reniform spot, composed of U-shaped white marking with dark filling; AM line black, wavy or irregular; PM line similar but less distinct; hindwing gray distally, becoming paler toward base and along inner margin

Range

Florida to Massachusetts, New York, and Ontario, west to Wisconsin and Arkansas

Season

adults fly from late March to October (all months in southern Florida)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 25 March, 2007 - 9:51am
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Robin McLeod, Steve Morris
Last updated 8 June, 2022 - 2:15pm

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