Wing span: 62mm
Flight time: July - October
Description. FW light gray, with slightly contrasting thin black lines, and whitish shadings. Usually with fairly prominent anal dash. Female, more mottled, and with prominent basal dash, is "basalis" Grote. (Some males may also show this basal dash.) HW orange with black bands, and dark brown basal hairs. Underside light orange, with mostly blackish, strongly contrasting bands. A melanic specimen, "denussa" Ehrman, may be of this species, though most authorities feel it is a melanic of palaeogama. However, melanics of habilis have been reared by AEB. An aberration with mostly black HW is described as "depressans" in chapter five. 55-65 mm. H 33: 11, 12 (female as "basalis"). B & Mc 7: 5.
Similar species. Closest to serena, but that species with "smoother" FW, less dentate lines; also prominent, contrastingly brownish collar on thorax; and much more blackish on underside.
Range. Southern Canada (Quebec, Ontario), Maine (rare) to North Carolina, and west throughout area.
Status. Generally uncommon to common, but occasionally abundant.
Larval foodplants. Hickories (Carya) and walnuts (]uglans). Reared on Shagbark Hickory (C. ovata) (TDS).
Notes. Moth rests head-down on tree trunks, usually from 3 to 8 ft. above ground; often on Shagbark Hickory (C. ovata), and sometimes partially hidden under "shags" (MCN, TDS).
Data from Legions of Night by Theodore Sargent.
Record # | Date | Locale | State | Lat/Lon | Collected By | Count |
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357270 | 2021-09-11 | Lionberger Environmental Preserve | Iowa | 43.3363 -91.8702 | Kirk Larsen | 1 |
298852 | 2021-08-04 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.049265 -93.611861 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
298835 | 2021-07-28 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.049221 -93.613299 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
272664 | 2020-08-09 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.016779 -93.616948 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
282460 | 2020-08-06 | Pine Campground | Illinois | 40.389601 -89.868815 | Angella Moorehouse | 1 |
224588 | 2018-10-06 | Sundown Lake Recreation Area | Iowa | 40.830089 -92.747939 | Eric Liskey | 1 |
356844 | 2018-09-15 | Lionberger Environmental Preserve | Iowa | 43.334148 -91.871215 | Lena Schmitt | 1 |
222411 | 2018-08-08 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
356843 | 2018-08-08 | Lionberger Environmental Preserve | Iowa | 43.334148 -91.871215 | Lena Schmitt | 1 |
355916 | 2018-08-07 | Hickory Ridge Woods | Iowa | 43.3178 -91.7959 | Lena Schmitt | 1 |
222412 | 2018-08-04 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
224704 | 2018-08-04 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
222408 | 2018-08-02 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
222409 | 2018-08-02 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
222410 | 2018-08-02 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
222407 | 2018-07-31 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
224474 | 2018-05-26 | Sundown Lake Recreation Area | Iowa | 40.830089 -92.747939 | Eric Liskey | 1 |
132689 | 2015-09-22 | Decatur County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Sibylla Brown | 1 |
143546 | 2015-09-20 | Red Feather Prairie | Iowa | 41.720901 -93.669105 | Mark Brown | 1 |
133155 | 2015-08-31 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
133156 | 2015-08-31 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
133157 | 2015-08-31 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
133158 | 2015-08-31 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
133159 | 2015-08-31 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
132688 | 2015-08-17 | Decatur County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Sibylla Brown | 1 |
195048 | 2015-07-10 | Sundown Lake Recreation Area | Iowa | 40.830089 -92.747939 | Eric Liskey | 1 |
357807 | 2014-09-28 | Luther College Wind Turbine | Iowa | 43.309167 -91.8165 | Kirk Larsen | 1 |
357808 | 2014-09-26 | Luther College Wind Turbine | Iowa | 43.309167 -91.8165 | Kirik Larsen | 1 |
108108 | 2014-08-22 | Red Fern Timber | Iowa | 40.98317 -93.75317 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
108426 | 2014-08-16 | Sedan Bottoms Wildlife Management Area | Iowa | 40.66194444 -92.78305556 | Tom Jantscher | 1 |
109048 | 2014-08-08 | Red Fern Timber | Iowa | 40.98317 -93.75317 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
357809 | 2014-07-17 | Luther College Wind Turbine | Iowa | 43.309167 -91.8165 | Kirk Larsen | 1 |
110385 | 2014-02-13 | Fort Dodge | Iowa | 42.533565 -94.185999 | 1 | |
19096 | 2013-09-02 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19095 | 2013-08-03 | Red Fern Timber | Iowa | 40.98317 -93.75317 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19094 | 2011-08-26 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.6659 -91.73637 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19093 | 2010-08-05 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19086 | 2009-09-06 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19087 | 2009-09-06 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19088 | 2009-09-06 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19089 | 2009-09-06 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19090 | 2009-09-06 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19091 | 2009-08-24 | Nekola Woods | Iowa | 41.96556 -92.39806 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19092 | 2009-08-23 | Woodman Hollow State Preserve | Iowa | 42.4214 -94.102 | MJ Hatfield | 1 |
19079 | 2009-08-09 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19080 | 2009-08-09 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19081 | 2009-08-09 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19082 | 2009-08-09 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19083 | 2009-08-09 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19084 | 2009-08-09 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19078 | 2008-10-30 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.64802 -91.7254 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
120791 | 2008-10-30 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.64802 -91.7254 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19077 | 2005-09-11 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19073 | 2004-09-30 | Shimek State Forest, Farmington Unit | Iowa | 40.64802 -91.7254 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19074 | 2004-09-04 | Waubonsie State Park | Iowa | 40.676 -95.689 | Doug Veal | 1 |
143951 | 2001-08-24 | Rock Island Botanical State Preserve | Iowa | 42.025805 -91.72638 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19085 | 1994-08-08 | Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | Iowa | 41.55889 -93.27028 | Erv Klaus | 1 |
19076 | 1977-07-17 | Linn County | Iowa | 42.027289 -91.67275 | Dennis Schlicht | 1 |
19075 | 1977-07-16 | Linn County | Iowa | 42.027289 -91.67275 | Dennis Schlicht | 1 |
125521 | 1963-08-01 | Ledges State Park | Iowa | 41.9828 -93.8878 | Paul Martsching | 1 |