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Species Details

Hypena deceptalis

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Common NameDeceptive Hypena SeasonalityAdults on the wing in Alberta in July. IdentificationA medium-size (2.8-3.5 cm wingspan) broad-winged moth. The sexes are dimorphic. The male is slightly larger than the female, and is a dark chocolate or sooty brown color, slightly darker in the median area and paler near the apex of the costa. The antemedian and postmedian lines are narrow but prominently marked in lighter scales, and are straight or nearly so for much of their length. The subterminal line is marked by a series of blackish patches between the veins, defined outwardly with pale crescents or a pale broken line. The orbicular is a black spot, and the reniform is obscure. The hindwings are dark brown, unmarked. The female is patterned like the male, but is paler brown. The terminal half of the forewings are even paler, and contrast with the darker basal half, although not nearly to the extent it does in B. palparia or B. bijugalis, and the separation between the two is almost straight (sinuous in the others). Similar to female B. edictalis, which are darker and have more angled and less defined antemedian and postmedian lines. The antennae are simple in both sexes.

Scientific Name Hypena deceptalis Common Name Deceptive Hypena Habitat Woodlands. Seasonality Adults on the wing in Alberta in July. Identification
A medium-size (2.8-3.5 cm wingspan) broad-winged moth. The sexes are dimorphic. The male is slightly larger than the female, and is a dark chocolate or sooty brown color, slightly darker in the median area and paler…
A medium-size (2.8-3.5 cm wingspan) broad-winged moth. The sexes are dimorphic. The male is slightly larger than the female, and is a dark chocolate or sooty brown color, slightly darker in the median area and paler near the apex of the costa. The antemedian and postmedian lines are narrow but prominently marked in lighter scales, and are straight or nearly so for much of their length. The subterminal line is marked by a series of blackish patches between the veins, defined outwardly with pale crescents or a pale broken line. The orbicular is a black spot, and the reniform is obscure. The hindwings are dark brown, unmarked. The female is patterned like the male, but is paler brown. The terminal half of the forewings are even paler, and contrast with the darker basal half, although not nearly to the extent it does in B. palparia or B. bijugalis, and the separation between the two is almost straight (sinuous in the others). Similar to female B. edictalis, which are darker and have more angled and less defined antemedian and postmedian lines. The antennae are simple in both sexes.
Life History Adults are nocturnal and come to light. Conservation At the extreme western edge of their range; no concerns. Diet Info No Alberta data. All Canadian host records (40) are for Basswood (Tilia americana), a species that does not occur in Alberta. Therefore they must use a different, unidentified host here in the west. Range Maine and Quebec west across southern Canada to the foothills, south to Georgia and Iowa. In Alberta, it has only been collected on the southern edge of the Aspen parklands, at Olds.

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"Species Details - Hypena deceptalis, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-897/9-84015. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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Specimen Information

There are 13 specimens of this Species.

13 results plotted on map in 6 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

BIRD4651 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Medicine Lake Provincial Recreation Area Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2003-08-07

BIRD5351 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2000-06-29

BIRD5352 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2000-07-06

BIRD22109 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Medicine Lake Recreation Area Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2008-08-15

BIRD31632 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2009-08-01

UASM186192 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Ottawa Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected2003-07-08

UASM186193 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Stittsville Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected2004-06-23

BIRD35955 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2012-07-06

BIRD35956 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2012-07-06

BIRD35957 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2012-08-04

BIRD36855 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2013-06-29

BIRD36856 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2013-07-09

BIRD36857 - Hypena deceptalis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2013-07-09

Adult Seasonal Distribution