Coast to coast across central and southern Canada, south in the east to Pennsylvania and Illinois, south in the west to southern Arizona and California. (2)
Season
Most records between March and April and again between October and November. (2)
Food
Lafontaine & Walsh report the larval hosts as poplar and, in the west, cottonwood. (2) Other sources include alder, willow (Salix), and quaking aspen. (7), (6), (5), (8)
Life Cycle
The larvae and adults of Ufeus are known to hide by day under bark at the base of large trees. The larvae are often found up-to 20 meters or more from their food source in the tree canopy. (6)
See Also
Ufeus hulstii
Print References
Crumb, S.E. 1956. The Larvae of the Phalaenidae. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 172(5) (Ufeus sagittarius)
Grote, A.R. 1873. A study of North American Noctuidae. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1: 101-102
Grote, A.R. 1883. On Stiria, with new genera and species of Noctuidae. Papilio 3(2): 31 (subspecies Ufeus satyricus sagittarius)
Lafontaine, J.D. & J.B. Walsh 2013. A revision of the genus Ufeus Grote with the description of a new species from Arizona (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini, Ufeina). ZooKeys 264: 197.. (2)
Powell, J A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.54.38m, p.300 (4)
Wagner, D.L., D.F. Schweitzer, J.B. Sullivan, R.C. Reardon 2011. Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p.475 (6)
