Pinions, Sallows and allies
What are they?
A group that pulls together four tribes in the Noctuinae subfamily of the Owlets: Xylenini, Ufeini, Orthosiini and Tholerini.
Identification
A very large group consisting largely of rather plain, brownish moths, though often with rich rusty tones. Careful attention to lines and other spots and marks on the wings should make most species fairly easily identifiable. The Bronzed Cutworms form a tribe on their own and differ from other species in this group by having a bronzed sheen to the wings.
09815 American Dun-bar Cosmia calami
Length: 13-17mm. Flight Time: May-August. Larval Food: Oak. Also known to eat other caterpillar species.
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09916 Dowdy Pinion Lithophane unimoda
Length: 21-22mm. Flight Time: September-May. Larval Food: A wide range of deciduous trees.
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09933 Straight-toothed Sallow Eupsilia vinulenta
Length: 19-20mm. Flight Time: September-May. Larval Food: A range of woody trees and shrubs.
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09935 Three-spotted Sallow Eupsilia tristigmata
Length: 17-19mm. Flight Time: September-May. Larval Food: A range of woody trees and shrubs.
Best told from Straight-toothed Sallow by the presence of a dark spot in the reniform stigma and by a more wavy AM line.
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09957 Bicolored Sallow Sunira bicolorago
Length: 14-19mm. Flight Time: September-December. Larval Food: A wide range of both woody and herbaceous plants.
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10495 Speckled Quaker Orthosia hibisci
Length: 16-21mm. Flight Time: April-May. Larval Food: A wide range of woody trees and shrubs.
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10501 Norman's Quaker Crocigrapha normani
Length: 18-20mm. Flight Time: March-June. Larval Food: A wide range of woody trees and shrubs.
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10524 Bronzed Cutworm Nephelodes minians
Length: 18-25mm. Flight Time: August-October. Larval Food: Grasses and occasionally other low plants.
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10563 Ruddy Quaker Protorthodes oviduca
Length: 15mm. Flight Time: May-October. Larval Food: A wide range of low plants.
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