Rhodoecia aurantiago
| Rhodoecia aurantiago | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Rhodoecia |
| Species: | R. aurantiago |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhodoecia aurantiago (Guenée, 1852) | |
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The Orange Sallow Moth or Aureolaria Seed Borer (Rhodoecia aurantiago) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It has a scattered distribution from southern Maine and the hills around Boston, Massachusetts, west across southern Ontario to south-western Wisconsin and Missouri, south into Florida and Texas.
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from July into September in the north. In the south adults are on wing mostly in September in Texas and North Carolina, and from sometime in September through October in Florida.
The larvae feed on Aureolaria species, including Aureolaria pedicularia, Aureolaria grandiflora in Illinois and Aureolaria flava in New England.
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