Wing span:
Flight time: July
Description. FW like abbreviatella, but with stronger lines and shadings; am and pm lines clearly double, at least halfway across FW; reniform with double black ring, somewhat obscured by blackish shading. HW yellow-orange (deeper than abbreviatella and others in that group), with black bands; outer black band broken, or complete ("westcotti" Grote); inner black band more erect and sharply angled than in abbreviatelIa. 45-50 mm. H (not shown). B & Mc 8: 17, 18 ("westcotti").
Similar species. See abbreviatella.
Range. Common in Texas; otherwise rare and sporadiC. Recorded from North and South Carolina and Florida; and Wisconsin and Illinois at the western edge of our area.
Status. Generally rare and sporadic in the east, though regularly occurring at some locations (e.g., McClellanville, South Carolina) (RBD).
Larval foodplants. Lead Plant (Amorpha) and Locust (Robinia ).
Data from Legion of Night by Theodore Sargent.
Record # | Date | Locale | State | Lat/Lon | Collected By | Count |
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120358 | 2014-08-17 | Timberhill | Iowa | 40.715921 -93.651635 | Sibylla Brown | 1 |
18864 | 2010-07-24 | Heritage Valley | Iowa | 43.37455 -91.589809 | MJ Hatfield | 1 |
69088 | 2009-06-21 | Heritage Valley | Iowa | 43.37455 -91.589809 | Moni Hayne | 1 |