Wing span: 45mm
Flight time: July - August
Description. FW gray, with whitish and brown shadings; latter particularly within am line and between pm and st lines; without prominent blackish shadings; light patch beyond am line along costa, extending obliquely inward to subreniform; am and pm lines clearly separated at inner margin. HW yellow-orange (deeper than crataegi and blandula) with black bands. 40-50 mm. H 34: 13 (as polygama); 35:5 (as jaquenetta). B & Mc 10: 2, 3.
Similar species. Rather similar to crataegi and blandula, but FW with no strongly contrasting blackish shadings, more brown in st area, and more widely separated am and pm lines at inner margin. HW deeper orange than either crataegi or blandula. See crataegi (also pretiosa) and blandula.
Range. Southern Canada (Manitoba to Quebec) (absent in Maine) to Florida and west throughout area.
Status. Variable from place to place and season to season. Rare to common; apparently more common to the west in its range.
Larval foodplants. Hawthorns (Crataegus). Notes. Moth rests head-down on tree trunks. Taken feeding at night on wild ber-gamot (Monarda) (MCN).
Data from Legion of Night by Theodore Sargent.
Record # | Date | Locale | State | Lat/Lon | Collected By | Count |
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298811 | 2021-07-14 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.011089 -93.614695 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
290238 | 2021-07-08 | Hitaga Sand Ridge Prairie Preserve | Iowa | 42.25145774 -91.63021403 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
290291 | 2021-07-08 | Hitaga Sand Ridge Prairie Preserve | Iowa | 42.25145774 -91.63021403 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
244046 | 2019-07-19 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
245409 | 2019-07-19 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
244045 | 2019-07-18 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
245408 | 2019-07-18 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
239187 | 2019-07-13 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
238942 | 2019-07-09 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
244044 | 2019-07-09 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
245407 | 2019-07-09 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
239186 | 2019-07-08 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
244043 | 2019-07-08 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
245406 | 2019-07-08 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
222343 | 2018-07-09 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
222344 | 2018-07-09 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
224749 | 2018-07-09 | Inis Grove Park, Ames | Iowa | 42.046946 -93.612282 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
209970 | 2016-09-26 | Near Fairfield | Iowa | 41.0503 -92.024 | Moni Hayne | 1 |
177121 | 2016-07-01 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
193922 | 2015-07-15 | Fort Dodge | Iowa | 42.4974694 -94.1680158 | 1 | |
205656 | 2014-07-19 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205655 | 2014-07-18 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
110368 | 2014-05-28 | Fort Dodge | Iowa | 42.4974694 -94.1680158 | 1 | |
19335 | 2013-08-05 | Ambrose A. Call State Park | Iowa | 43.0517 -94.2498 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
66432 | 2013-08-05 | Kossuth County | Iowa | 43.251339 -94.233337 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
205654 | 2011-07-05 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205653 | 2011-06-23 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
18912 | 2009-08-01 | Wanatee County Park | Iowa | 42.0094 -91.56623 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
205652 | 2009-07-05 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
19333 | 2007-07-07 | Pinicon Ridge Park | Iowa | 42.21188 -91.54753 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19334 | 2007-07-07 | Pinicon Ridge Park | Iowa | 42.21188 -91.54753 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
19330 | 2006-07-14 | Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Linn County | Iowa | 42.11952 -91.81215 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
205651 | 2005-06-25 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
19325 | 2003-07-26 | Wanatee County Park | Iowa | 42.0094 -91.56623 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19326 | 2003-07-23 | Wanatee County Park | Iowa | 42.0094 -91.56623 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19327 | 2003-07-23 | Wanatee County Park | Iowa | 42.0094 -91.56623 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19328 | 2003-07-23 | Wanatee County Park | Iowa | 42.0094 -91.56623 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
125633 | 2003-07-01 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205650 | 2003-07-01 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
125628 | 2001-07-17 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
136531 | 2001-07-17 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205649 | 2001-07-17 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205648 | 2001-07-15 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
19331 | 2001-07-10 | Linn County, Iowa | Iowa | Location Protected | Keith Erickson | 1 |
125632 | 2001-07-09 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
136535 | 2001-07-09 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205647 | 2001-07-09 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
125630 | 2001-07-07 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
136533 | 2001-07-07 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205646 | 2001-07-07 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
125631 | 2001-07-03 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
136534 | 2001-07-03 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205645 | 2001-07-03 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
125629 | 1998-07-10 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
136532 | 1998-07-10 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205644 | 1998-07-10 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |