ML080280196

Butterflies and Moths of North America - Occurence Maps, Species Accounts, Checklists, and Photographs - Pine-Devil Moth

ML080280196
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	01/23/2008
From:	Montana State Univ
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Pine.-devil Moth Citheronia sepulcralis Grote & Robinson Attributes of Citheronia sepulcralis Documented Records for Of 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.

.L.ife h.!ist.ory.: 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.

F!ig.h.t.: One brood in the north from June-July, two broods in the south from April-June and from August-September, possibly several broods in Florida from March-October.

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Species Detail I Butterflies and Moths of North America Page 2 of 2 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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