Species Hypena atomaria - Hodges#8450

8450

wingspan 25-30 mm

forewing light brownish-gray with brown speckling; AM line brown, angled like a skewed W, may be faint; PM line brown, almost straight, bordered proximally by band of dark shading; ST line a diffuse dark band, outer half straight and with five dark spots, inner half with shallow notch and no spots; terminal line thin, dark

hindwing pale yellowish

British Columbia to Quebec and northeastern states (Internet records from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio)

low vegetation in deciduous woods

adults fly from early June through late August

larval food plant unknown; larva found on and fed on Urtica dioica - Jim Sogaard

one generation per year in Quebec; perhaps two in southern Ontario and Ohio

A rare species, endangered or threatened in the east. Although it occurs west to British Columbia, no Internet information could be found on its status in the western provinces.

live adult image (Lynn Scott, Ontario)

pinned adult image (CBIF)

status in Ohio plus flight season (Ohio State U.)

status in Quebec; PDF doc plus flight season and life cycle (Macrolepidoptera of Mont Saint-Hilaire Region, McGill U., Quebec)

distribution in eastern Canada list of provinces (CBIF)

distribution in western Canada list of provinces (CBIF)