Wing span: 70mm
Flight time: July - August
Description. FW gray, like retecta, but with less brownish tint and shadings, and without dash through am line. Pale area beyond am line along costa, extending obliquely toward subreniform, conspicuous. HW black, with white fringe (usually narrower than retecta). Underside similar to retecta, but with slightly more extensive and whiter basal area (fig. 2.4G). 60-70 mm. H 32: 1. B & Mc 2:8 (atypically dark specimen).
Similar species. See retecta and ulalume.
Range. Massachusetts to Georgia and west throughout area.
Status. Generally rare and local.
Larval foodplants. Reared on Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata) (TDS).
Notes. Moth rests head-down, usually on tree trunks, but occasionally under eaves and in other protected places on buildings, particularly during heavy rains.
Data from Legion of Night by Theodore Sargent.
Record # | Date | Locale | State | Lat/Lon | Collected By | Count |
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125537 | 2009-09-20 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205491 | 2009-09-20 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
125536 | 2001-07-29 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
138156 | 2001-07-29 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205490 | 2001-07-29 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |