Wing span: 63mm
Flight time: July - October
Description. FW white, variously marked with gray and blackish lines and patches. HW black with even white pm band and white fringe. Underside boldly patterned in black and white, all bands prominent, and pronounced discal lunule on HW. Typical specimens have the basal and st areas of the FW largely filled with blackish, while form "clara" Beutenm?ller has these areas largely whitish. Form "phrynia" H. Edwards is evenly dusted with grayish over the entire FW. 70-80 min. H 32:6 ("clara"), 7 (typical, as variety "bianca"). B & Mc 1: 9, 10 ("phrynia"), 11 ("clara"), 12, 13.
Similar species. Unmistakable.
Range. Hudson Bay area to Kentucky and west throughout area.
Status. Common to the north, and becoming very rare to the south, in this range. Subject to considerable fluctuation in annual abundance.
Larval foodplants. Poplars (Populus ). Reared on Trembling Aspen (P. tremuloides) and Lombardy Poplar (P. nigra italica) (TDS). May also take some willows (Salix).
Notes. Moth rests head-up, particularly on trunks of light trees (primarily White Birch, Betula papyrifera, in southern New England; also aspens and lighter oaks and maples); prefers white backgrounds in experimental tests (Sargent, 1973a). Easily mated in captivity (Sargent, 1972a). Comes readily to baits.
Data from Legion of Night by Theodore Sargent.
Record # | Date | Locale | State | Lat/Lon | Collected By | Count |
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239178 | 2019-09-14 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
198091 | 2017-09-20 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 2 |
198090 | 2017-08-27 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
19536 | 2013-07-29 | Ambrose A. Call State Park | Iowa | 43.0517 -94.2498 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
19537 | 2013-07-29 | Ambrose A. Call State Park | Iowa | 43.0517 -94.2498 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
66428 | 2013-07-29 | Kossuth County | Iowa | 43.251339 -94.233337 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
129753 | 2013-07-29 | Algona | Iowa | 43.06998 -94.23295 | Matt Kenne | 1 |
19533 | 2011-09-30 | Novak Elementary School | Iowa | 42.04972 -91.60472 | Frank Olsen | 1 |
355607 | 2011-09-29 | Hawk Hill | Iowa | 43.32671 -91.81044 | Kirk Larsen | 1 |
19527 | 2011-09-28 | Novak Elementary School | Iowa | 42.04972 -91.60472 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19528 | 2011-09-28 | Novak Elementary School | Iowa | 42.04972 -91.60472 | Jim Durbin | 1 |
19531 | 2011-09-28 | Hawk Hill | Iowa | 43.32713 -91.8101 | Kirk Larsen | 1 |
19529 | 2011-09-20 | Luther College Baker Village | Iowa | 43.3171 -91.8012 | John Rainey | 1 |
19530 | 2011-09-20 | Luther College Sign | Iowa | 43.31972 -91.81333 | John Rainey | 1 |
19532 | 2011-09-20 | Luther College Sign | Iowa | 43.31972 -91.81333 | Jake Wittman | 1 |
357666 | 2011-09-20 | Luther College | Iowa | 43.31333 -91.80306 | John Rainey | 1 |
125589 | 2011-09-12 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
136492 | 2011-09-12 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205562 | 2011-09-12 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
19534 | 2011-09-10 | Iowa City Site 1 | Iowa | 41.62806 -91.51417 | Mark Brown | 1 |
19535 | 2011-09-10 | Iowa City Site 1 | Iowa | 41.62806 -91.51417 | Mark Brown | 1 |
19526 | 2011-09-01 | Conard Environmental Research Area | Iowa | 41.70093 -92.77365 | Martin Minelli | 1 |
125588 | 2001-08-26 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
136491 | 2001-08-26 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
205561 | 2001-08-26 | Ames, Paul | Iowa | 42.02064 -93.623952 | Paul Martsching | 1 |
357469 | 1974-10-24 | Luther College | Iowa | 43.313333 -91.803889 | Dave Ubben | 1 |
19525 | 1974-10-21 | Luther College | Iowa | 43.31333 -91.80306 | Dave Ubben | 1 |
19524 | 1967-10-15 | Luther College | Iowa | 43.31333 -91.80306 | Dave Ahrenholz | 1 |