Dichagyris acclivis (Morrison)

Pogue, Michael G., 2006, The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A., Zootaxa 1215 (1), pp. 1-95 : 23

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)
status

 

11. Dichagyris acclivis (Morrison) View in CoL

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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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Dichagyris

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