Dichagyris acclivis (Morrison)
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1215.1.1 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B89D6B58-561B-48A5-B7D7-51B5C30B93CC |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5066513 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2254ED3C-BF7B-FFC7-5A77-FEFC348D480D |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Dichagyris acclivis (Morrison) |
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11. Dichagyris acclivis (Morrison) View in CoL
( Fig. 13)
Identification: Forewing length 14.0–18.0 mm. Forewing is dark gray with a contrasting lighter patch along costal half extending to the reniform spot. There is a distinct row of white spots between the forewing veins in the terminal area. Hindwing is dirty white suffused with gray along costa, outer margin, and veins.
Flight period: August to early September.
Collected localities: This species is not recorded from the Park, but it is likely to occur there.
General distribution: From southern Ontario and southern Massachusetts south to eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, west to Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas and south to east central Texas ( Lafontaine 2004).
Larval hosts: Larvae feed on seeds of switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum L., Poaceae ) ( Lafontaine 2004).
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