Size
wingspan 16-21 mm, based on several Internet photos
Identification
Adult: forewing mostly dark in basal third, mostly pale tan in distal two-thirds; AM line dark grayish-brown, its distal margin fairly straight, it's basal margin irregular/jagged; fringe black; hindwing uniformly brownish-gray
Range
California to Texas and Oklahoma, plus one record from Arkansas
a single specimen collected in Ontario in 1993 was apparently accidental
Season
adults fly from July to October in California
See Also
other Cobubatha species lack the forewing combination of being dark basally and pale distally
Internet References
pinned adult images plus photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)
4 pinned adult images (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
pinned adult image of the only Canadian record (CBIF)
presence in Texas; list (James Gillaspy, U. of Texas)
presence in California; list of 5 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 5 September, 2007 - 11:05am
Last updated 5 September, 2007 - 8:13pm
