Size
wingspan 28-32 mm, based on three Internet photos
Identification
Adult: forewing light yellowish, gradually shading to brown beyond ST line; 3 thin brown lines cross wing - AM line curved near costa, PM and ST lines sharply angled near costa; fringe dark - the darkest color on the forewing; hindwing white, shading to pale yellow distally; fringe white
Range
California to Texas and Oklahoma
Season
adults fly from May to October in California
Food
larvae feed on
globemallow (
Sphaeralcea spp.) and perhaps other plants in the mallow family (Malvaceae)
See Also
other
Bagisara species have differently-shaped lines or a different pattern of lines on the forewing (
see photos by Jim Vargo at MPG, and see more MPG photos
here)
Internet References
pinned adult images plus photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)
pinned adult images (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
pinned adult images plus photos of related species by various photographers (Moth Photographers Group)
presence in California; list of 12 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)
foodplant; PDF doc plus distribution and other info (Douglas Ferguson, courtesy Yale U., Connecticut)
