Identification
Adult: thorax blackish; forewing gray, variously shaded with red; lines fine, blackish if present; whitish patch at apex; black reniform spot a vertical dash with triangular blackish shade beyond it, widening toward outer margin
hindwing dark brownish
[description by Charles Covell]
Range
Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Saskatchewan
Season
adults fly from May to September; June to August in the north
Food
larvae feed on Northern Wild-Raisin and other Viburnum species
Internet References
live adult images plus description, food plants, and flight season (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
live adult image (Dave Czaplak, Maryland)
pinned adult image (A.W. Thomas, Canadian Forest Service)
pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
pinned adult image by Paul Opler, and US distribution map (Moths of North America; USGS)
live larva image (Dave Wagner, courtesy U. of Georgia)
common name reference plus food plants and flight season (Ohio State U.)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 7 November, 2005 - 3:28am
Additional contributions by
Ethan KistlerLast updated 13 June, 2007 - 4:27pm
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