| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuoidea, Notodontidae: Phalerinae |
Peridea angulosa (J. E. Smith 1797)
| Common name: Angulose prominent Hodges #: 7920. Identification: Rfw 19.7 mm, pale wood brown at base and along a.m. line; inner margin with scale tuft at mid point. palpi 1.2 height of eye, eyes without hair, male antennae fasciculate. . Similar species: 7919, 7921, 7926, 7928, 7994, 7998, 7999. Distribution: southern Canada and United States east of the Great Plains. Hosts: Larval feed on Oak- Quercus. Note: Eastern specimens are shaded with dark brown
rather than grayish and are much more similar to P. ferruginea. |
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Ransom Co., nr calcarious fen,
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