Eudryas brevipennis
| Eudryas brevipennis | |
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| Eudryas brevipennis brevipennis, male | |
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| Eudryas brevipennis bonneville, male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Eudryas |
| Species: | E. brevipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eudryas brevipennis Stretch, 1872 | |
Eudryas brevipennis is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in Idaho, Utah and California.[1] The habitat consists of wetlands.
The length of the forewings is 14–16 mm. The forewings are white and the hindwings are bright yellow. Both are edged in red-brown. Adults are on wing in summer.
The larvae feed on Oenothera and Epilobium species.
Subspecies
- Eudryas brevipennis brevipennis
- Eudryas brevipennis bonneville Shepard & Crabo, 2013 (Idaho)[2]
References
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- ↑ Pacific Northwest Moths
- ↑ Crabo, L.G. ; Davis, M. ; Hammond, P. ; Mustelin, T ; Shepard, J., 2013: Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae). Zookeys 264: 85-123. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4304
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