A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North AmericaMoths . . . has long been recognized as the most authoritative introduction to the moths of eastern North America. Intended for nonspecialists, but greatly appreciated by intermediate and advanced users, this book identifies and describes more than 1300 species in 59 families. The 1300 species, which include at least one in each of the 59 families present in the region, are those most likely to be encountered in eastern North America. Introductory chapters describe the anatomy and life cycle of moths and processes of collecting and preparing specimens. For each species, the book includes a description during the adult stage, the range as it was known in 1984, the flight season for adults, their relative abundance, and selected other information. Individual moths are portrayed from above, with wings extended, in 63 plates, many in color, while selected anatomical features, primarily wing shape and venation patterns, are illustrated in 76 black-and-white line drawings and photographs. |
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Moth Anatomy | 1 |
Moth Life Cycle | 7 |
Collecting and Preparing Moths | 14 |
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Acronicta anal angle Antennae apex Arctiidae birches blackish border BORER MOTH broods brown shading brownish CATERPILLAR Catocala Cisthene Coleophoridae 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 M₂ maples May-Aug May-Sept median area median line melanic Metarranthis mottled N.S. to Fla Nfld Noctuids northward oaks orange outer margin patch plants Probole Range reddish brown reniform spot Schinia Sept shown Similar species SPANWORM specimens SPHINX Subfamily thorax throughout our area TIGER MOTH Uncommon UNDERWING Catocala Unrecorded usually veins west across Canada west to Kans west to Minn west to Mo west to Wisc whitish willows Wingspan yellow