Doryodes spadaria

Doryodes spadaria
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Doryodes
Species: D. spadaria
Binomial name
Doryodes spadaria
Synonyms
  • Themma divisa Walker, 1863
  • Tunza promptella Walker, 1863
  • Doryodes spadaria race grandipennis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Doryodes spadaria, the dull doryodes moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from coastal Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.[2] The habitat consists of salt marshes.[3]

The wingspan is 28–32 mm. The forewing ground color in males varies from whitish buff to yellow buff with grey streaks. The longitudinal dark stripe is dark brown and conspicuously wider than in Doryodes bistrialis the ground color in females averages paler than that of males and the wings and dark longitudinal stripe are narrower.[4] Adults are on wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Spartina species.[5]

References

  1. ↑ taxapad.com
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Bug Guide
  4. ↑ A revision of the genus Doryodes Guenée, 1857, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Catocalinae, Euclidiini)
  5. ↑ Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America


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