Wing span: 42mm
Flight time: July - August
Description. FW uniform light gray, with only slight darkening about reniform and beneath anal dash. HW black; with dusky fringe, hardly contrasting. Underside, except for white basal areas, mostly blackish; bands indistinct (fig. 2.4D). 45-50 mm. H 32: 2. B & Mc l: 15.
Similar species. Small size distinguishes from most other black-winged species, except miranda (which has distinct, though not prominent, white HW apex, and is entirely dusky beneath without white basal area) and andromedae (which is shaded blackish on inner FW margin, and has prominent white HW apex).
Range. Southern Canada (Ontario), New Hampshire to North Carolina and west throughout area.
Status. Generally uncommon.
Larval foodplants. Hickories (Carya) and walnuts (Juglans).
Notes. Seems to be a late flyer, taken more frequently in all-night light-traps than at bait or lights before l:00 A.M. (see Appendix One). Moth rests head-down, often on hickories.
Data from Legion of Night by Theodore Sargent.
Record # | Date | Locale | State | Lat/Lon | Collected By | Count |
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321413 | 2022-07-18 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.011954 -93.615226 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
320268 | 2022-07-14 | MacBride Nature Recreation Area | Iowa | 41.786818 -91.56847 | Mark Brown | 1 |
298838 | 2021-07-28 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.049221 -93.613299 | Paul Martsching | 3 |
298806 | 2021-07-06 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.011089 -93.614695 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
282462 | 2020-08-06 | Pine Campground | Illinois | 40.389662 -89.868765 | Angella Moorehouse | 1 |
279375 | 2020-07-25 | MacBride Nature Recreation Area | Iowa | 41.786961 -91.568504 | Mark Brown | 1 |
272643 | 2020-07-14 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.016779 -93.616948 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
272644 | 2020-07-08 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.016779 -93.616948 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
238943 | 2019-07-18 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
222365 | 2018-07-29 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
224705 | 2018-07-18 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
355919 | 2018-07-17 | Hickory Ridge Woods | Iowa | 43.3178 -91.7959 | Lena Schmitt | 1 |
222363 | 2018-07-12 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
222364 | 2018-07-12 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
184415 | 2016-08-13 | Allamakee County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | MJ Hatfield | 1 |
172022 | 2016-07-14 | Hitaga Sand Ridge Prairie Preserve | Iowa | 42.250957 -91.632098 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
182156 | 2016-07-11 | Decatur County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Sibylla Brown | 1 |
355918 | 2015-07-23 | Hickory Ridge Woods | Iowa | 43.3178 -91.7959 | Jacob Wittman | 1 |
49928 | 2014-08-13 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.110327 -91.822988 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
10606 | 2014-08-08 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.110327 -91.822988 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
71883 | 2014-07-29 | Whiterock Conservancy | Iowa | 41.817373 -94.645223 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
1134 | 2014-07-26 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.110327 -91.822988 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
1185 | 2014-07-26 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.109952 -91.822641 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
1190 | 2014-07-26 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.109952 -91.822641 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
1234 | 2014-07-26 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.109952 -91.822641 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
1246 | 2014-07-26 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.109952 -91.822641 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19259 | 2013-08-07 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.6659 -91.73637 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19260 | 2013-08-03 | Red Fern Timber | Iowa | 40.98317 -93.75317 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19261 | 2013-08-03 | Red Fern Timber | Iowa | 40.98317 -93.75317 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
2164 | 2013-07-20 | Chatfield Park, Keokuk | Iowa | 40.435278 -91.452287 | BAMONA | 1 |
19262 | 2013-07-20 | Chatfield Park, Keokuk | Iowa | 40.435 -91.45222 | Tom Jantscher | 1 |
19253 | 2011-07-24 | Woodland Mounds State Preserve | Iowa | 41.34618 -93.4281 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19254 | 2011-07-20 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.6659 -91.73637 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19255 | 2011-07-20 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.6659 -91.73637 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19256 | 2011-07-20 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.6659 -91.73637 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19257 | 2011-07-20 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.6659 -91.73637 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19258 | 2011-07-20 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.6659 -91.73637 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19249 | 2010-07-16 | Yellow River State Forest | Iowa | 43.1676 -91.254 | Doug Veal | 1 |
19250 | 2010-07-16 | Yellow River State Forest | Iowa | 43.1676 -91.254 | Doug Veal | 1 |
19251 | 2010-07-16 | Yellow River State Forest | Iowa | 43.1676 -91.254 | Doug Veal | 1 |
19252 | 2010-07-16 | Yellow River State Forest | Iowa | 43.1676 -91.254 | Doug Veal | 1 |
19246 | 2009-08-15 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.11952 -91.81215 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19245 | 2009-08-04 | Wildcat Den State Park | Iowa | 41.4705 -90.88228 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19247 | 2009-08-02 | Woodland Mounds State Preserve | Iowa | 41.34618 -93.4281 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19248 | 2009-07-17 | 2505 Tullamore Lane, Ames | Iowa | 42.088653 -93.578813 | MJ Hatfield | 1 |
19244 | 2008-08-02 | Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area | Iowa | 42.08398 -91.7651 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19243 | 2006-08-01 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.11952 -91.81215 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19242 | 2006-07-22 | Shimek State Forest, Croton Unit East | Iowa | 40.54693 -91.61435 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19241 | 2004-07-18 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.64802 -91.7254 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19240 | 2003-08-02 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.64802 -91.7254 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
205488 | 2001-07-15 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 4 |
125527 | 2001-07-10 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
138146 | 2001-07-10 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
125526 | 1998-07-10 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
138145 | 1998-07-10 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |