A Field Guide to the Moths of Eastern North America |
Contents
Moth Anatomy | 1 |
Moth Life Cycle | 7 |
Collecting and Preparing Moths | 14 |
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Acronicta anal angle Antennae apex April-Sept birches border BORER MOTH broods brown shading brownish Catocala Cisthene Common southward Common throughout costa DAGGER MOTH dark brown dark gray darker discal spot Euchlaena Food frenulum FW pale Grammia Haploa Holomelina HW dark HW gray HW grayish brown HW white HW yellowish Hypagyrtis Identification inner margin July June Labial palps Larva Lepidoptera Lithophane Locally common LOOPER MOTH maples May-Aug May-Sept median area median line melanic Metarranthis MOTH Pl mottled N.S. to Fla Noctuids northward oaks orange outer margin paler patch pest plants Probole Promethea Range reddish brown reniform spot Schinia Sept shown Similar species SPANWORM specimens SPHINX Subfamily thorax throughout our area TIGER MOTH trees Uncommon Unrecorded usually veins west across Canada west to Kans west to Minn west to Mo west to Wisc whitish willows Wingspan yellow