Wing span: 68mm
Flight time: Late June - Early September
Description. FW light gray, mottled with whitish and brownish; with blackish shadings in areas of basal and anal dashes, and obliquely from pm line to outer margin just below apex (these shadings heavier in females). HW deep crimson with black bands. Underside with crimson ground on FW (sometimes showing through as pinkish tint in lighter areas of upperside) and lower half of HW; upper half of HW with whitish ground; all bands prominent. The name "chiquita" Bartsch was applied to an aberrational specimen with pinkish abdominal hairs. A minor variant, with a very heavy basal dash, has been named "circe" Strecker. Southern (especially Florida) specimens, with a very fine inner black band on HW, constitute the subspecies sinuosa Grote. 60-70 mm. H 34: 10. B & Mc 3: 16, 17 ("circe"), 18 (sinuosa).
Similar species. The boldly crimson HW will distinguish from any vaguely similar species (e.g., parta).
Range. Canada (Manitoba to Quebec, rarely Nova Scotia) to Florida (generally as sinuosa) and west throughout area.
Status. Uncommon to common.
Larval foodplants. Oaks (Quercus); particularly, though not exclusively, Scrub Oak (Q. ilicifolia). Reared on Q. ilicifolia (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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331061 | 2022-07-04 | Hitchcock Nature Center | Iowa | 41.415525 -95.846097 | Loren & Babs Padelford | 1 |
358645 | 2018-06-24 | Roslien Woods | Iowa | 43.3244 -91.8216 | Lena Schmitt | 1 |
202216 | 2017-06-26 | Decatur County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Sibylla Brown | 1 |
132700 | 2015-08-17 | Decatur County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Sibylla Brown | 1 |
132699 | 2015-06-25 | Decatur County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Sibylla Brown | 1 |
108302 | 2014-06-14 | Chatfield Park, Keokuk | Iowa | 40.4352778 -91.4522222 | Tom Jantscher | 1 |
273082 | 2013-07-05 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676324 -95.688863 | Doug Veal | 1 |
19028 | 2012-06-22 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Doug Veal | 1 |
19027 | 2012-06-09 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Doug Veal | 1 |
19026 | 2012-06-08 | Whiterock Conservancy | Iowa | 41.80725 -94.64085 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19023 | 2010-07-02 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19025 | 2010-06-21 | 2505 Tullamore Lane, Ames | Iowa | 42.088653 -93.578813 | MJ Hatfield | 1 |
19021 | 2009-07-24 | Wanatee County Park | Iowa | 42.0094 -91.56623 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19515 | 2009-07-23 | Hickory Ridge Woods | Iowa | 43.31803 -91.79667 | Reese Worthington | 1 |
19024 | 2008-07-05 | Hitchcock Nature Center | Iowa | 41.416 -95.8495 | Doug Veal | 1 |
19019 | 2006-07-21 | Sharon Bluffs State Park | Iowa | 40.72057 -92.80018 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19018 | 2005-07-02 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Doug Veal | 1 |
82 | 2004-07-23 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Jim Durbin | 1 |
182 | 2004-07-17 | Wanatee County Park | Iowa | 42.0094 -91.56623 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19017 | 2004-07-09 | Wildcat Den State Park | Iowa | 41.4705 -90.88228 | Doug Veal | 1 |
19016 | 2004-06-19 | Fire Station No 3, Ames | Iowa | 42.00117 -93.6093 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19022 | 2003-09-09 | Luther College | Iowa | 43.31333 -91.80306 | Paul Skrade | 1 |
357658 | 2003-09-07 | Luther College | Iowa | 43.313357 -91.802351 | Paul Skrade | 1 |
273083 | 1993-07-10 | Sioux City State Prairie Preserve | Iowa | 42.523732 -96.436639 | Tim Orwig | 1 |