Doryodes okaloosa

Doryodes okaloosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Doryodes
Species:	D. okaloosa
Binomial name
Doryodes okaloosa Sullivan & Lafontaine, 2015

Doryodes okaloosa is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Okaloosa County, Florida and likely ranges south in the coastal brackish marshes toward the St. Petersburg/Tampa area and to the west along the Florida coast.

The length of the forewings is 16.5 mm. The forewing stripe is dark brown, narrower than for Doryodes spadaria but wider than for Doryodes desoto. The forewing is wider and browner than in Doryodes spadaria and Doryodes desoto, but not as wide as in Doryodes reineckei, and the longitudinal stripe is sharply defined, unlike that of Doryodes reineckei. The hindwings are white with a buff tinge. Adults are on wing in January, February and July.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of the Okaloosa, a tribe of the Creek Nation and longtime inhabitants of the area.^[1]

References

1. A revision of the genus Doryodes Guenée, 1857, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Catocalinae, Euclidiini)