Cissusa indiscreta
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Melipotini |
| Genus: | Cissusa |
| Species: | C. indiscreta |
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| Cissusa indiscreta (Edwards, 1886)[1] | |
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Cissusa indiscreta, the Indiscrete Cissusa Moth, is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species is found from British Columbia, south to California and in the south-west from Arizona to central Colorado. The habitat consists of oak woodlands and mixed hardwood forests.
The wingspan is 35–41 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is variable, ranging from an orange or grey shade of tan to darker brown. The hindwings are light grey tan with a darker grey discal spot, veins and marginal area. Adults are on wing in spring in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus garryana. They are mottled grey and black with pale dorsal and subdorsal lines.[2]
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