Resapamea diluvius

Resapamea diluvius
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Resapamea
Species:	R. diluvius
Binomial name
Resapamea diluvius Crabo, 2013

Resapamea diluvius is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It occurs in the Columbia Basin in Washington and northern Oregon. It is possibly also present in the dunes of northern Nevada and the northern Great Plains.^[1]

Habitat

The length of the forewings is 16–19 mm for males and 15–18 mm females. The forewings are a mixture of gray brown, gray tan, red brown, gray and blackish-gray scales. The ground color is medium-dark to dark gray brown or reddish-gray brown. The dorsal hindwing is slightly brownish gray, darker and grayer on the distal half, with a gray ill-defined oval discal spot and a thin terminal line. Adults are on wing from late April to early June.

The larvae probably feed on Rumex venosus.

Etymology

The name is derived from the Latin diluvium (meaning deluge or flood). The Columbia Basin where this moth occurs in Washington was scoured repeatedly by cataclysmic floods at the end of the Ice Age.

References

1. Crabo, L.G. ; Davis, M. ; Hammond, P. ; Mustelin, T ; Shepard, J., 2013: Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae). Zookeys 264: 85-123. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4304