Homorthodes furfurata

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Homorthodes furfurata
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Northern Scurfy Quaker (Homorthodes furfurata), Windham County, US-VT, US
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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 furfurataGrote, 1874
  • Taeniocampa perediaGrote, 1883
  • Eriopyga lindseyiBenjamin, 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.

Contents

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

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References

  1. "Homorthodes furfurata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. 1 2 "Homorthodes furfurata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. "Homorthodes furfurata Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. Pacific Northwest Moths
  5. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  6. "Homorthodes furfurata, Northern Scurfy Quaker Moth - Hodges 10532". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-18.

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