ML070720491
| 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 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.
Flight: One brood in the north from June-July, two broods in the south from Documented Records for Citheronia sepulcralis Display alternate map range:
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Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America April-June and from August-September, 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.
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