Wing span: 55mm
Flight time: May
Description. FW pale gray, with fine black lines and dashes; basal dash long, often suc ceeded by a second short dash which crosses am hue; blackening of veins prominent toward outer margin. HW pale yellow-orange with black bands; inner black band ending abruptly before inner margin; large apex and fringe yellowish-orange, Underside largely pale whitish orange with narrow blackish bands. 50-55 mm. H (not shown). B & Mc 7: 14.
Similar species. C. illecta and abbreviatella are vaguely similar, but neither has a FW basal dash.
Range. Southern Canada (Ontario) to Florida and west throughout area. Not known from New England.
Status. Rare to uncommon over most of range. Perhaps overlooked in some instances because of early flight season.
Larval foodplants. Plums (Prunus) and apple (Pyrus).
Data from Legion of Night by Theodore Sargent.
Record # | Date | Locale | State | Lat/Lon | Collected By | Count |
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290541 | 2021-07-08 | Hitaga Sand Ridge Prairie Preserve | Iowa | 42.25145774 -91.63021403 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
290554 | 2021-07-08 | Hitaga Sand Ridge Prairie Preserve | Iowa | 42.25145774 -91.63021403 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
193035 | 2017-07-01 | Hitaga Sand Ridge Prairie Preserve | Iowa | 42.250957 -91.632098 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
193073 | 2017-07-01 | Hitaga Sand Ridge Prairie Preserve | Iowa | 42.250957 -91.632098 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
182155 | 2016-06-17 | Decatur County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Sibylla Brown | 1 |
132701 | 2015-06-17 | Decatur County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Sibylla Brown | 1 |
132702 | 2015-06-17 | Decatur County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Sibylla Brown | 1 |
19015 | 2005-06-06 | Leon's Farm, Ohio County | Kentucky | 37.42033 -86.77023 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19014 | 2004-05-15 | Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area | Iowa | 42.08398 -91.7651 | Jim Durbin | 1 |