ML070720487
| ML070720487 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 03/07/2007 |
| From: | Montana State Univ |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| ALICIA MULLINS 301-415-1224 | |
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Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America Species Detail Northern Pearly Eye Enodia anthedon A.H. Clark, 1936 Attributes of Enodia anthedon Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)
Subfamily: Satyrs and Wood-Nymphs (Satyrinae)
Identification: Antennal clubs are black. Upperside is brown with dark eyespots. Underside is brown; submarginal row of 4 black spots on forewing is straight and the dark line inside it is sinuous. Spots are not surrounded by diffuse white.
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Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America Life history: Males perch on tree trunks or vegetation up to 10 feet above ground at edges of clearings to wait for females.
Eggs are laid singly on the host plant; third-and fourth-stage caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: One brood in the north from June-August, two broods in the south from May-September.
Wing span: 1 3/4 - 2 5/8 inches (4.5 - 6.7 cm).
Caterpillar hosts: Various grasses including white grass (Leersia virginica), bearded shorthusk (Brachyelytrum erectum), plumegrass (Erianthus), broadleaf uniola (Uniola latifolia), and bottlebrush (Hystrix patula).
Adult food: Dung, fungi, carrion, and sap from willows, poplars, and birch.
Habitat: Damp deciduous woods, usually near marshes or waterways; mixed or grassy woodlands.
Range: Central Saskatchewan and eastern Nebraska east to Nova Scotia, south to central Alabama and Mississippi.
Conservation: Not usually of conservation concern.
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Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management needs: None reported.
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