Orthodes majuscula: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Orthodes
- Species
- Orthodes majuscula
- Scientific Name
- Orthodes majuscula
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Orthodes majuscula
Orthodes majuscula, the rustic Quaker, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868. It is widespread throughout the New World, including eastern North America (from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Arizona, north to Alberta), Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica and Brazil.
The wingspan is 28–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including dandelion, plantain, grasses and willow.
...Orthodes majuscula in languages:
- English
- Rustic Quaker
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Orthodes adiastola
- Orthodes bolteri
- Orthodes cachia
- Orthodes cartagensis
- Orthodes crenulata
- Orthodes curvirena
- Orthodes cynica
- Orthodes detracta
- Orthodes enages
- Orthodes furtiva
- Orthodes goodelli
- Orthodes infirma
- Orthodes jamaicensis
- Orthodes lanaris
- Orthodes lobata
- Orthodes lodebar
- Orthodes majuscula
- Orthodes noverca
- Orthodes oache
- Orthodes obscura
- Orthodes vauorbicularis
- Orthodes vesquesa