Charadra deridens

Charadra deridens
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Charadra
Species: C. deridens
Binomial name
Charadra deridens
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Charadra circulifera (Walker, 1857)
  • Charadra contigua Walker, 1865
  • Charadra sudena J. B. Smith, 1908
  • Charadra nigrosuffusana Strand, 1917 (form)
  • Charadra fumosa Draudt, 1924
  • Charadra ingenua J. B. Smith, 1906
  • Phalaena Bombyx corylina Martyn, 1797
  • Diphthera deridens Guenée, 1852
  • Acronycta circulifera Walker, 1857

The Laugher or Marbled Tuffet Moth (Charadra deridens) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada, through most of the United States except the south-western states.

Charadra ingenua, now considered a synonym of Charadra deridens

The wingspan is 38–48 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in the north. They have an extended season in Florida.

The female is shorter than the male but otherwise, they are very similar.

The larvae feed on the leaves of beech. Other recorded hosts include birch, elm, maple and oak. They are approximately 3 cm long. The laugher overwinters as a pupa.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/3/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.