Adoxophyes negundana

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SeasonalityJune to September. IdentificationThe forewing is straw yellow with fine brown reticulation throughout. An irregular brown median band and apical patch are both edged in darker brown. The male has a distinct costal fold on the forewing. The hindwing is pure white. The eastern A. furcatana (Walker 1863) is paler but only reliably separated by looking at genitalic differences.

Scientific Name Adoxophyes negundana Habitat Rich river valleys and towns with Manitoba Maple. Seasonality June to September. Identification

The forewing is straw yellow with fine brown reticulation throughout. An irregular brown median band and apical patch are both edged in darker brown. The male has a distinct costal fold on the forewing. The hindwing is pure white. The eastern A. furcatana (Walker 1863) is paler but only reliably separated by looking at genitalic differences.

Conservation Probably of no concern. Diet Info Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo) (Freeman 1958) Range Ontario to Alberta south to Utah and Florida (Freeman 1958).

Page Citation

"Species Details - Adoxophyes negundana, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-24308. Accessed 13 May. 2024.

Authorship

Name Dombroskie, J. J.

Role species page author

Date 2009-04-16

References

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BIRD23067 - Adoxophyes negundana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Erskine Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2008-07-12

BIRD969 - Adoxophyes negundana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Erskine Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2003-06-30

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