Numbers
34 species in North America listed at
All-Leps
only 4 species in Canada (aprica, terminimaculata in ON and QC; arelia, major in BC)
Identification
Adult: forewing a mix of blackish (usually distally and/or along inner margin) and white patches (usually basally and/or along costa); some species sexually dimorphic; hindwing often whitish but grayish to blackish in several species, usually darker toward outer margin, and often with a pale fringe
Range
most of United States, extending north to Canada only in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia; species diversity greater in the west, especially the southwest (Arizona to Texas)
Season
adults usually fly from April to September in the south; reduced season in the north
Food
larvae in this genus feed on a variety of herbaceous and woody plants but individual species often have one or few host plants
Internet References
pinned adult images of numerous species found in the west (Moth Photographers Group)
