Wing span: 48mm
Flight time: July - August
Description. FW light gray; like crataegi, but without greenish tint, and with less pronounced contrast of pale median area with darker basal area and inner margin; area between pm and st lines with considerable brown shading (usually more than crataegi, less than mira); am and pm lines approach, and may touch one another at inner margin. HW and underside similar to crataegi. 40-50 mm. H (not shown). B & Mc 10: 1 (atypically brownish).
Similar species. See crataegi and mira. Range. Southern Canada (Manitoba to Nova Scotia) to North Carolina and west throughout area.
Status. Generally uncommon to common. Apparently more common to the east in its range.
Larval foodplants. Hawthorns (Crataegus) and apple (Pyrus). Reared on hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) (SAH) and apple (P. malus) (JPM, TDS).
Notes. Moth rests head-down on tree trunks.
Data from Legion of Night by Theodore Sargent.
Record # | Date | Locale | State | Lat/Lon | Collected By | Count |
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272619 | 2020-07-04 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.016779 -93.616948 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
272620 | 2020-06-17 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.016779 -93.616948 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
213850 | 2018-07-03 | Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area | Iowa | 42.087352 -91.767107 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
213856 | 2018-07-03 | Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area | Iowa | 42.087352 -91.767107 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
224517 | 2018-06-30 | Sundown Lake Recreation Area | Iowa | 40.830089 -92.747939 | Eric Liskey | 1 |
126925 | 2015-06-16 | Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area | Iowa | 42.087567 -91.767578 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
147101 | 2015-05-17 | Algona | Iowa | 43.06998 -94.23295 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
147739 | 2015-05-17 | Algona | Iowa | 43.06998 -94.23295 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
120727 | 2014-09-09 | Near Fairfield | Iowa | 41.0503 -92.024 | Moni Hayne | 1 |
120728 | 2014-09-09 | Near Fairfield | Iowa | 41.0503 -92.024 | Moni Hayne | 1 |
12283 | 2014-07-21 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.10948 -91.8249 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
12291 | 2014-07-21 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.10948 -91.8249 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
12292 | 2014-07-21 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.10948 -91.8249 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
30496 | 2014-07-21 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.10948 -91.8249 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
65028 | 2014-06-22 | Ambrose A. Call State Park | Iowa | 43.0517 -94.2498 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
65623 | 2014-06-22 | Ambrose A. Call State Park | Iowa | 43.0517 -94.2498 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
129758 | 2013-08-05 | Algona | Iowa | 43.06998 -94.23295 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
18911 | 2009-07-24 | Wanatee County Park | Iowa | 42.0094 -91.56623 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
18915 | 2009-07-06 | Luther College Sign | Iowa | 43.32 -91.81361 | Kirk Larsen | 1 |
19332 | 2007-06-09 | 1460 Douglas Ct, Marion | Iowa | 42.040069 -91.590953 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19329 | 2006-07-02 | Wanatee County Park | Iowa | 42.0094 -91.56623 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
136536 | 2003-07-01 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
18906 | 2001-07-16 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18907 | 2001-07-16 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18908 | 2001-07-16 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18904 | 2001-07-13 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18905 | 2001-07-13 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18902 | 2001-07-10 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18903 | 2001-07-10 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18899 | 2001-07-09 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18900 | 2001-07-09 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18901 | 2001-07-09 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18898 | 2001-07-04 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
18897 | 1983-07-07 | Linn County | Iowa | 42.027289 -91.67275 | Dennis Schlicht | 1 |