Biology:Homorthodes furfurata
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Short description: Species of moth
| Homorthodes furfurata | |
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| Northern Scurfy Quaker (Homorthodes furfurata), Windham County, US-VT, US | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Homorthodes |
| Species: | H. furfurata
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| Binomial name | |
| Homorthodes furfurata (Grote, 1874)
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Homorthodes furfurata, the northern scurfy Quaker moth or scurfy Quaker moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (owlet moths).[1][2][3] It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874 and is found in forest habitats in North America.[2] Its range extends across the continent, to south-eastern Canada, Massachusetts , New York, and Mississippi. In the west it ranges south to California , Arizona, New Mexico and Texas .
The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing in summer.
The larvae feed on various hardwood species, including maples Acer and Prunus species, as well as Oemleria cerasiformis.[4]
The MONA or Hodges number for Homorthodes furfurata is 10532.[5][6]
Subspecies
- Homorthodes furfurata furfurata
- Homorthodes furfurata lindseyi (Benjamin, 1922) New Jersey
References
- ↑ "Homorthodes furfurata Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/143577. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Homorthodes furfurata Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=939045. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ↑ "Homorthodes furfurata Species Overview". http://eol.org/pages/468478/overview. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ↑ Pacific Northwest Moths
- ↑ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
- ↑ "Homorthodes furfurata, Northern Scurfy Quaker Moth - Hodges 10532". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10532. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
Further reading
- Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, vol. 40, 1-239.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13235155 entry
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