Identification
forewing varies from pinkish to reddish or grayish-brown, with slightly darker shading in median area and beyond PM line; small black blotch on costa near apex is sharpest dark marking; lines double, grayish, faint
hindwing grayish-brown [description by Charles Covell]
genitalia
Range
throughout United States, and every province and territory of Canada except Nunavut
Season
adults fly from June to October
Food
larvae feed on alder, apple, avens, dock, false hellebore, grape, nettle, raspberry, salmonberry, strawberry, thimbleberry, violet, white birch
Internet References
live adult and larva images and food plants (Jeremy Tatum, Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island)
adult images and food plants (Larry Line, Maryland)
US distribution map (Moths of North America; USGS)
common name reference plus food plants and flight season (Ohio State U.)