ML070720491

Butterflies and Moths of North America, Pine-Devil Moth Species Detail

ML070720491
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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 Pine-devil Moth Citheronia sepulcralis Grote & Robinson, 1865 Attributes of Citheronia Documented Records for Citheronia sepulcralis sepulcralis Family: Wild Silk Moths (Saturniidae)

Subfamily: Royal Moths (Citheroniinae)

Identification: Upperside of forewings is gray-brown with a black median line and a black cell spot. Upperside of hindwings is pale gray-brown with red at the base.

Life history: Adults emerge in late morning and mate that night. Females lay eggs the following night singly or in groups of 2-3 at the base of pine needles. Eggs hatch in 7-10 days, and the caterpillars are solitary feeders.

Fully-grown caterpillars pupate in burrows in loose soil.

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Flight: One brood in the north from June-July, two broods in the south from North America http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3336 (2 of 3)3/7/2007 11:20:07 AM

Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America April-June and from August-September, Submit possibly several broods in Florida from March-October.

Wing span: 2 3/4 - 3 5/16 inches (7 - 10 cm).

Caterpillar hosts: Pines including pitch pine (Pinus rigida), eastern white pine (P. strobus), and Caribbean pine (P.

caribaea).

Adult food: Adults do not feed.

Habitat: Coastal pine forests.

Range: Southern Maine west to southeastern Ohio, south to the Florida Keys and southeastern Louisiana.

Conservation: Not usually required.

NatureServe Global Status: G5 -

Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.

Management needs: None reported.

Hosted and maintained by the Big Sky Institute at Montana State University and the NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node.

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