Dejongia lobidactylus
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Dejongia lobidactylus is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in the north-eastern United States
, Quebec
and Ontario
.
The wingspan
is 17-20 mm. The head is greyish-brown, with a white line over each eye. The thorax is brown, although much lighter posteriorly. The abdomen is dark brown, with diverging white lines on some of the segments. The forewings are dark cinnamon brown. An oblique stripe of pale yellow or white crosses the basal third of the first lobe, cutting the brown fringe on each side of the lobe. Traces of this stripe are sometimes seen on the second lobe, especially in the fringe on the hind margin. There are also indications of a second stripe on the outer third of the lobes, as shown by a few light scales and the white in the fringes, which are dark elsewhere except on the apical end of the costa. The hindwings and fringes are dark brown, with a cluster of black scales in the hind fringe a little beyond the middle, preceded by white and the fringe at the apex is also white.
Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the terminal buds Solidago species.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in the north-eastern United States
United States
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, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
and Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 17-20 mm. The head is greyish-brown, with a white line over each eye. The thorax is brown, although much lighter posteriorly. The abdomen is dark brown, with diverging white lines on some of the segments. The forewings are dark cinnamon brown. An oblique stripe of pale yellow or white crosses the basal third of the first lobe, cutting the brown fringe on each side of the lobe. Traces of this stripe are sometimes seen on the second lobe, especially in the fringe on the hind margin. There are also indications of a second stripe on the outer third of the lobes, as shown by a few light scales and the white in the fringes, which are dark elsewhere except on the apical end of the costa. The hindwings and fringes are dark brown, with a cluster of black scales in the hind fringe a little beyond the middle, preceded by white and the fringe at the apex is also white.
Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the terminal buds Solidago species.