Species Condica discistriga - Hodges#9692

9692

Platysenta discistriga (Smith, 1894)

Platyperigea discistriga Smith, 1894

Phylogenetic sequence # 931991 (1)

wingspan 30-35 mm

Adult: forewing dull yellowish-brown to reddish-brown with diffuse gray shading in median and terminal areas, especially along veins, giving a streaked appearance; PM line faint, scalloped, with dark dots at points of scallops; reniform spot represented by small indistinct white bar; fringe conspicuously checkered: mostly black with a few white scales at ends of veins; hindwing dirty white in males, pale brownish in females with thin dark terminal line and white fringe; antennae simple in both sexes

California to British Columbia, east to Saskatchewan, Colorado, Arizona. (2)

dry open areas, sagebrush grasslands; adults are nocturnal and come to light

adults fly from June to August

White-dotted Groundling (Condica videns) forewing lacks gray shading, giving it a "cleaner" appearance, and fringe is less conspicuously checkered

Condica temecula forewing has less gray shading, and the species is restricted to southwestern US

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 52, fig. 49; p. 293.

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Pacific Northwest Moths (4)

Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta

presence in California; list of 7 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)

Noctuidae of North America - nearctica.com (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)