Ufeus satyricus

Ufeus satyricus
Ufeus satyricus satyricus male
Ufeus satyricus satyricus female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ufeus
Species:	U. satyricus
Binomial name
Ufeus satyricus Grote, 1873
Synonyms
Asterocampus barometricus Goossens, 1881 Ufeus sagittarius Grote, 1883 Ufeus electra Smith, 1908 Ufeus unicolor ab. coloradica Strand, [1916] Ufeus unicolor coloradica McDunnough, 1938

Ufeus satyricus is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It occurs across central and southern Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific where large poplar trees occur and as far south in the east as Pennsylvania and Illinois. In the west, it occurs as far south as southern Arizona and California.^[1]

Ufeus satyricus sagittarius male

Ufeus satyricus sagittarius female

The length of the forewings is 15–22 mm for males and 19–24 mm for females. Adults emerge from the pupae in the summer and overwinter as adults, but they are mostly collected between late August and early May, even during mild spells in mid-winter. Most records are in October and November in the fall and March and April in the spring.

The larvae have been reported feeding on cottonwood.

Subspecies

• Ufeus satyricus satyricus (from eastern North America westward to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains)
• Ufeus satyricus sagittarius Grote, 1883 (from the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Montana, and Colorado westward to the Pacific Coast)

References

1. Lafontaine, J.D. & J.B. Walsh, 2013: A revision of the genus Ufeus Grote with the description of a new species from Arizona (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini, Ufeina). Zookeys 264: 193-207. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.3526