Olceclostera angelica

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Olceclostera angelica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Apatelodidae
Genus: Olceclostera
Species:
O. angelica
Binomial name
Olceclostera angelica
(Grote, 1864) [1]
Synonyms
  • Parathyris angelicaGrote, 1864
  • Apatelodes hyalinopunctaPackard, 1864

Olceclostera angelica, the angel moth, is a moth in the family Apatelodidae. [2] The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Texas and north to Wisconsin and Ontario. [3] The habitat consists of deciduous forests.

The wingspan is 32–42 mm (1.3–1.7 in). The forewings are silvery grey with brown lines and shading. The outer margins of both the forewings and hindwings are scalloped. Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Fraxinus and Syringa species. They have a light silvery-brown body with three dorsal white lines, edged with black. The top of the head is black, bordered by long white hairs. [4]

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Olceclostera angelica (Grote 1864)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. Kitching, Ian; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Zwick, Andreas; Hamilton, Chris; Laurent, Ryan St; Naumann, Stefan; Mejia, Liliana Ballesteros; Kawahara, Akito (2 December 2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6. Supplementary material: checklist. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236 . ISSN   1314-2828 . Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. "890004.00 – 7665 – Olceclostera angelica – Angel Moth – (Grote, 1864)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. Cotinis (9 March 2016). "Species Olceclostera angelica - The Angel - Hodges#7665". BugGuide. Retrieved 16 October 2018.