Wing span: 82mm
Flight time: July - September
Description. FW rather uniform gray, tinted and shaded with brown; lines somewhat blurred, giving "soft" appearance. HW scarlet-orange with black bands; inner black band rather narrow and sometimes broken before inner margin; apex often heavily shaded with orange. Underside without HW discal lunule. Specimens with a dark shade running across FW from basal dash to near outer margin are "jullietta" French. 70-75 mm. H (not shown). B & Mc 8: 6, 7.
Similar species. Somewhat similar to unijuga, but the soft brownish-gray FW, and very different HW banding pattern, are distinctive.
Range. Western New York to Pennsylvania and west and south throughout area. Status. Uncommon to common.
Larval foodplants. Willows (Salix).
Notes. Moth tends to rest in caves by day (see Brower, 1930).
Data from Legion of Night by Theodore Sargent.
Record # | Date | Locale | State | Lat/Lon | Collected By | Count |
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349535 | 2023-07-27 | Hitchcock Nature Center | Iowa | 41.412929 -95.859143 | Loren & Babs Padelford | 1 |
321606 | 2022-09-12 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.011954 -93.615226 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
331111 | 2022-07-27 | Hitchcock Nature Center | Iowa | 41.407501 -95.846995 | Loren & Babs Padelford | 1 |
307346 | 2021-07-19 | Near Fairfield | Iowa | 41.05061219 -92.02396433 | Moni Hayne | 1 |
312034 | 2021-07-19 | Near Fairfield | Iowa | 41.05061219 -92.02396433 | Moni Hayne | 1 |
272635 | 2020-07-25 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.016779 -93.616948 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
272634 | 2020-07-23 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.016779 -93.616948 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
222376 | 2018-08-03 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
222377 | 2018-07-12 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
19271 | 2012-07-05 | Wakpicada Natural Area | Iowa | 42.18892 -91.52035 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19181 | 2011-08-16 | Sioux City-x | Iowa | 42.5018 -96.4036 | Paul Roisen | 1 |
19269 | 2009-08-09 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19268 | 2008-08-31 | Wildcat Den State Park | Iowa | 41.4705 -90.88228 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19266 | 2007-08-11 | Wildcat Den State Park | Iowa | 41.4705 -90.88228 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19267 | 2007-08-10 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
19263 | 2006-09-06 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19264 | 2006-06-30 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Doug Veal | 1 |
19265 | 2001-08-12 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
143934 | 2001-07-21 | Rock Island Botanical State Preserve | Iowa | 42.025805 -91.72638 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
125607 | 1998-07-10 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
136510 | 1998-07-10 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205600 | 1998-07-10 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
19513 | 1970-09-19 | Luther College | Iowa | 43.31333 -91.80306 | Kathy Ausen | 1 |