Species Hypocoena rufostrigata - Brown-streaked Rustic - Hodges#9440

9440

Approx. 2.6-3.0 cm wingspan

A medium-size (approx. 2.6-3.0 cm wingspan) orange-brown or tan moth with dark streaking. The forewings are rusty and orange-buff, with a short thick black basal streak and broad dark grey-black median stripe that widens toward the margin. The veins are lined with a mix of grey and white scales. The normal spots and lines are absent, except for the black terminal line, broken at the veins. The fringe is a mix of light grey and buff scales. Hindwings buff-white near the base, suffused with grey scales on the outer two-thirds, darker toward the margin. There is a partial thin black terminal line and a buff-white fringe. Antennae simple and sexes alike.

The above description is taken from the E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

The Atlantic coast north to the North West Territories and Alaska, south in the west to California and Utah.

Drainages, grasslands, parklands, foothills, mountains north into the boreal forest

Mid June through early September

There is a single annual brood. The adults are nocturnal and come to light.

Adults are nocturnal and come to light.

All of the above text is taken from the E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Other images at MPG website