''Doryodes latistriga'' is a
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
first described by J. Donald Lafontaine and James Bolling Sullivan in 2015. It is found in the United States in tidal creeks and salt marshes from
Alabama
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to
Louisiana
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.
The length of the forewings is 14.5–18 mm for males and 17.5–20 mm for females. The forewing ground color in spring and summer specimens is yellowish white to buff with gray streaking, the hindwing is white to whitish buff. The forewing in fall and winter specimens is darker with more brown shading, the hindwing variably suffused with brown, especially along the wing margin. The longitudinal stripe is broader than in any other species in genus. Adults are on wing throughout the year.
Etymology
The species name refers to the width of the longitudinal dark stripe on the forewing in both sexes.
References
Moths described in 2015
Doryodes
Moths of North America
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