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Simyra insularis (Cattail Caterpillar Moth)

Synonyms: Simyra evanida; Simyra fumosum; Simyra henrica; Simyra henrica henrica; Simyra henrici

Wikipedia Abstract

The Cattail Caterpillar (when referring to the larva) or Henry's Marsh Moth (when referring to the adult) (Simyra insularis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast throughout the United States and southern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba). The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September. The larvae feed on Typha and Polygonum species, as well as various grasses and sedges, poplar and willow.
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Prey / Diet

Persicaria hydropiper (marshpepper knotweed)[1]
Salix fragilis (crack willow)[2]
Secale cereale (common rye)[2]
Typha latifolia (Reedmace)[1]
Zea mays (corn)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Compsilura concinnata (Tachina fly)[2]
Exorista mella[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0