Eudeilinia herminiata
| Eudeilinia herminiata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Eudeilinia |
| Species: | E. herminiata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eudeilinia herminiata (Guenée, 1857) | |
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Eudeilinia herminiata, the Northern Eudeilinia, is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Guenée in 1857.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to Florida and west to Texas.[2] The habitat consists of deciduous woods and wood edges.
The wingspan is 25-30 mm. Adults have pure white wings, the wing markings limited to interrupted orange-yellow to brown antemedial and postmedial lines.[3] Adults are on wing from April to September in one generation per year.[4]
The larvae feed on Cornus species.
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