Common NameObtuse EuchlaenaSeasonalityAdults fly in early June to early July.IdentificationThe ground colour varies from tan to dark chestnut brown, with a conspicuous serrate hindwing edge. Black discal spots, small but well-defined, Am and PM line faint. The combination of a strongly serrate hindwing margin and well-defined discal spots will serve to separate E. obtusaria from other Euchlaena.
Scientific NameEuchlaena obtusariaCommon Name
Obtuse Euchlaena
Habitat
In Alberta, found only in mixedwood forest of the southern boreal region.
Seasonality
Adults fly in early June to early July.
Identification
The ground colour varies from tan to dark chestnut brown, with a conspicuous serrate hindwing edge. Black discal spots, small but well-defined, Am and PM line faint. The combination of a strongly serrate hindwing…
The ground colour varies from tan to dark chestnut brown, with a conspicuous serrate hindwing edge. Black discal spots, small but well-defined, Am and PM line faint. The combination of a strongly serrate hindwing margin and well-defined discal spots will serve to separate E. obtusaria from other Euchlaena.
Life History
Up to 230 eggs are laid, hatching in only three to four days (McGuffin 1981). The larva is an excellent twig mimic, striped with pale and brown and bearing two short dorsal protuberances on the fifth abdominal segment…
Up to 230 eggs are laid, hatching in only three to four days (McGuffin 1981). The larva is an excellent twig mimic, striped with pale and brown and bearing two short dorsal protuberances on the fifth abdominal segment (Wagner et al. 2001). The larva overwinters, likely in thew fifth instar (McGuffin 1981).
Conservation
Apparently rare in Alberta; status uncertain.
Diet Info
Larval hosts may include birch(Betula)and cherry(Prunus) in Alberta; however, due to possible confusion of this species with E. muzaria (Wagner et al 2001), host records need to be confirmed.
Range
East-central and southern Alberta east to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas. This species may actually be confined to the eastern US, with Canadian populations referable to E. muzaria (Wagner et al. 2001).
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"Species Details - Euchlaena obtusaria, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-4202. Accessed 14 Aug. 2022.