Species Autographa rubidus - Rubida Looper Moth - Hodges#8909

8909

3.5 cm wingspan

The following information is from the (E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum).

A medium-size (3.5 cm wingspan) moth with dark rusty red-brown forewings with a dark violet tint. The area inside the antemedian line and in the apical and anal angle areas is lighter yellow brown, and there is a short black streak just below the apex. The most prominent mark is the outwardly curved dull silver stigma, partially filled with light rust scales. Hindwings are pale yellow-brown with a dark discal spot, a narrow dark median band and a broad sooty brown terminal band. Antennae are simple and both the sexes are alike.

From Newfoundland west across southern Canada to southeastern BC, south only to Maine and Minnesota.

Late May to mid July.

Detailed information and pinned image at (E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum)

Other images on (MPG)