Doryodes spadaria

Doryodes spadaria, the dull doryodes moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.[1] 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]

Doryodes spadaria
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Doryodes
Species:
D. spadaria
Binomial name
Doryodes spadaria
Guenée, 1857
Synonyms
  • Themma divisa Walker, 1863
  • Tunza promptella Walker, 1863
  • Doryodes spadaria race grandipennis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

The wingspan is 28–32 mm. The forewing ground color in males varies from whitish buff to yellow buff with gray 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. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Doryodes spadaria Guenee 1857". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. "930927.00 – 8767 – Doryodes spadaria – Dull Doryodes Moth – Guenée, [1858]". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. Heiman, Maury J. (April 21, 2017). "Species Doryodes spadaria - Dull Doryodes Moth - Hodges#8767". BugGuide. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  4. Lafontaine, J. Donald & Sullivan, J. Bolling (October 15, 2015). "A revision of the genus Doryodes Guenée, 1857, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Catocalinae, Euclidiini)". ZooKeys (527): 3–30. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6087. PMID 26692785.
  5. Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. ISBN 978-0691150420.
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