Genus Patania

Pleuroptya penumbralis is a synonym of P. silicalis

Pleuroptya fluctuosalis (Lederer, 1863) is treated as a synonym of Herpetogramma fluctuosalis at All-Leps; that species is listed as P. fluctuosalis at U. of Florida, and a specimen is shown at Moths of Southeastern Arizona

One species in our area. (1)

wingspan about 24-26 mm, based on two Internet photos

Adult: forewing yellowish-gray to orangish with dark gray AM and PM lines; AM line slightly ragged but almost straight; PM line toothed, with deep right-angled jog toward base in lower half; discal spot a dark gray crescent, sometimes faint; hindwing has similar color and markings but lacks AM line

Missouri, Ohio, and New York, south to Florida

also occurs south through Central and South America to Brazil

adults fly in summer in North America

Larvae have been collected and reared on Convolvulaceae (Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea setifera, Merremia umbellata), and Rivinia humilis, according to this reference (Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 52(2), 1998, 217-219).

also reported on Bougainvillea species in South America

live adult image by Hugh McGuiness, presumably from New York, plus common name reference (Moth Photographers Group)

pinned adult image (John Snyder, Clemson University, South Carolina)

pinned adult image labelled as synonym penumbralis plus photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)

2 pinned adult images and collection site map showing presence in Tennessee (All-Leps)

presence in Missouri and Ohio; list under synonym penumbralis (Dalton State College, Georgia)

presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

larval foodplants plus synonyms, literature references, distribution (Markku Savela, FUNET)