Eudryas brevipennis

Eudryas brevipennis
Eudryas brevipennis brevipennis, male
Eudryas brevipennis bonneville, male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Eudryas
Species:	E. brevipennis
Binomial name
Eudryas brevipennis Stretch, 1872

Eudryas brevipennis is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in Idaho, Utah and California, generally near wetland habitats.[1]

Adults are on wing in spring and summer. Forewings are white with dark brown markings and reddish brown margins, and hindwings are yellow with brown margins. Females' forewings reach 16–17 millimetres (0.63–0.67 in), and males' forewings reach 15–16 millimetres (0.59–0.63 in).[2]

The larvae feed on Oenothera and Epilobium species.[1][2]

Subspecies

• Eudryas brevipennis brevipennis
  • This subspecies is found in California near Los Angeles, the Central Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area[1]
• Eudryas brevipennis bonneville Shepard & Crabo, 2013[2]
  • This subspecies is found in the Lake Bonneville basin in the northern Intermountain Region of North America, especially along Snake River in Idaho.[2]

References

1. Pacific Northwest Moths
2. Crabo, L.G. ; Davis, M. ; Hammond, P. ; Mustelin, T ; Shepard, J., 2013: Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae). Zookeys 264: 85-123. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4304