Appearance
The wings and body are black with a large white fore wing patch and a red hind wing patch. The wingspan ranges from 2.2 to 2.7 cm.Keziah Elizabeth of Central Oklahoma remembers seeing this moth. "It was small...very small.''P. e. euryrhoda'' has a red hind wing patch that stretches almost all the way to the base of the wing.
Naming
* ''Psychomorpha epimenis epimenis''⤷ ''Psychomorpha epimenis euryrhoda''
Behavior
The larva is black with transverse white stripes. The head, part of the thorax, the area near the end of the abdomen, and the prolegs are a reddish-orange color. The larva makes a leaf shelter in new foliage by taking the leaf edges and pulling them upward and then tying them together with silk. The pupa hibernates in wood or dense peat. It has 1 brood per year.Habitat
This moth may be encountered in woodlands, woodland edges, and hedgerows.References:
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