Species Parabagrotis formalis - Hodges#11047.1

11047.1

Forewing length 15 to 18 mm.

Although this is a variable species with several patterns and colors (pale buff, pale gray, reddish brown to blackish brown), it can usually be identified by the bicolored prothoracic collar (the basal half is black and the apical half is pale buff or gray see here. The three basic forms are; (1)a washed out form with little pattern showing, (2)one with contrasting pale streaks in the reniform, orbicular, claviform spots, on the leading edge of forewing, in the terminal area, and usually on the veins of the subterminal area, and (3)one with the forewing color more even with a contrasting black basal dash and black shading on each side of the orbicular spot making the spot more noticeable. (1)

West Coast States from Washington to California, and British Columbia in Canada.

Found in moist to dry forests and woodlands.

Adults have been found from April to October.

Little is known of the larval stages.

Parabagrotis cupidissima does not have prominent black collar

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths