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Eudeilinia herminiata (Northern Eudeilinia)

Synonyms: Eudeilinia biseriata

Wikipedia Abstract

Eudeilinia herminiata, the Northern Eudeilinia, is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Guenée in 1857. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to Florida and west to Texas. The habitat consists of deciduous woods and wood edges. The wingspan is 25-30 mm. Adults have pure white wings, the wing markings limited to interrupted orange-yellow to brown antemedial and postmedial lines. Adults are on wing from April to September in one generation per year. The larvae feed on Cornus species.
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Prey / Diet

Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)[1]
Cornus oblonga (gray dogwood)[1]
Cornus sericea (redosier dogwood)[1]

External References

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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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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