Homorthodes furfurata
Species of moth
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Homorthodes furfurata, the northern scurfy Quaker moth or scurfy Quaker moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (owlet moths).[1][2][3] It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874 and is found in forest habitats in North America.[2] Its range extends across the continent, to south-eastern Canada, Massachusetts, New York, and Mississippi. In the west it ranges south to California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
| Homorthodes furfurata | |
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| Northern Scurfy Quaker (Homorthodes furfurata), Windham County, US-VT, US | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Homorthodes |
| Species: | H. furfurata |
| Binomial name | |
| Homorthodes furfurata (Grote, 1874) | |
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The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing in summer.
The larvae feed on various hardwood species, including maples Acer and Prunus species, as well as Oemleria cerasiformis.[4]
The MONA or Hodges number for Homorthodes furfurata is 10532.[5][6]
Subspecies
- Homorthodes furfurata furfurata
- Homorthodes furfurata lindseyi (Benjamin, 1922) New Jersey
