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 edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Homorthodes
Species:
H. furfurata
Binomial name
Homorthodes furfurata
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Himella furfurata Grote, 1874
  • Taeniocampa peredia Grote, 1883
  • Eriopyga lindseyi Benjamin, 1922

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

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