''Doryodes okaloosa'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

first described by J. Donald Lafontaine and James Bolling Sullivan in 2015. It is found in the US in

Okaloosa County, Florida Okaloosa County is located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Alabama state line. As of the 2020 census, the population was 211,668. Its county seat is Crestview. Okaloosa County ...

and likely ranges south in the coastal brackish marshes toward the

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Tampa Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough County ...

area and to the west along the Florida coast. The length of the forewings is 16.5 mm. The forewing stripe is dark brown, narrower than for ''

Doryodes spadaria ''Doryodes spadaria'', the dull doryodes moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from coastal Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, ...

'' but wider than for '' Doryodes desoto''. The forewing is wider and browner than in ''

'' and '' Doryodes desoto'', but not as wide as in '' Doryodes reineckei'', and the longitudinal stripe is sharply defined, unlike that of '' Doryodes reineckei''. The hindwings are white with a buff tinge. Adults are on wing in January, February and July.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of the Okaloosa, a tribe of the

Creek Nation The Muscogee Nation, or Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The nation descends from the historic Muscogee Confederacy, a large group of indigenous peoples of the South ...

and longtime inhabitants of the area.

References

Moths described in 2015 Doryodes Moths of North America {{Euclidiini-stub