Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
placed in genus
Mesapamea at
All-Leps; a message was sent to All-Leps on 16 Jun 2006 asking for clarification
Identification
Adult: forewing pale to dark brown, sometimes reddish-brown; spots black; top of claviform spot thick and conspicuous; orbicular spot outline thin; reniform spot heavier but broken; lines inconspicuous, though PM and terminal lines partially edged with black; subterminal line orangish-brown, indistinct; hindwing pale grayish-brown with yellowish fringe
[adapted from description by Charles Covell]
Range
all of Canada, including the arctic, south in the east to New Jersey and Maryland, south in the west to Texas, Arizona, and California
Habitat
forest clearings and roadsides; adults are nocturnal and attracted to light
Season
adults fly from May to October in the south, as far north as Ohio (two broods); June to August in Quebec and farther north (one brood)
Life Cycle
two generations per year as far north as Ohio; one generation in Quebec and farther north
Print References
Handfield, Louis. 1999. Les Guides des Papillons du Quebec. Broquet. 662 pp.
Internet References
live adult images plus common name reference (Moth Photographers Group)
pinned adult images of dark and light forms (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
pinned adult image by Jim Vargo, plus photos of related species (Moth Photographers Group)
pinned adult image (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
pinned adult image plus technical description (California Dept. of Food and Agriculture)
adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)
foodplants; PDF doc plus flight season and life cycle (Macrolepidoptera of Mont Saint-Hilaire Region, McGill U., Quebec)
common name reference plus foodplants and flight season (Ohio State U.)
distribution in Canada list of provinces and territories (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)
presence in Yukon; PDF doc plus habitat and foodplants (J.D. Lafontaine and D.M. Wood, Butterflies and Moths of the Yukon)
presence in Texas - search on species "passer" (Lepidopterists Society Season Summary, U. of Florida)
presence in Kansas; list (Insects of the Konza Prairie, Kansas State U.)
classification in genus Luperina plus synonyms (Markku Savela, FUNET)
recent classifications changes; PDF doc stating "moved from
Mesapamea to
Luperina (Handfield 1999)" (D. Macaulay and G. Pohl, Alberta Lepidopterists Guild)
