| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuoidea Notodontidae: Heterocampinae |
Schizura apicalis (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
| Common name: Plain schizura Hodges #: 8009 Identification: Rfw 12.75 mm, gray, overlaid with white scales. Reniform spot is represented by a black bar. Members of the genus Schizura are distinguished from the related genera Heterocampa and Lochmaeus by the evenly narrow Rs cell above the discal cell on the hw and from members of the Notodontinae in having the male antennae pectinate with the pectinations abruptly shorter at about 2/3 the antennal length, the apical 1/3 is simple. Similar species: 7917, 7998, 8005, 8006, 8011, 8012, 8017. Distribution: southern Canada and temperate United States east of the east of the Great Plains, more common southward. Hosts: Larval feed on Poplar- Populus, and Willow- Salix.
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ND. Ransom Co. 1.5 mi. W. Mcleod.
Forewing of Schizura apicalis showing reniform spot represented by a black bar.
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