Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Autographa mappa (Grote
(1) & Robinson, 1868)
Plusia mappa Grote & Robinson, 1868
Phytometra mappa
Phylogenetic sequence # 931194
(2) Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 1.5-1.7 cm.
(4)Identification
Adults - forewing chestnut brown with numerous wavy bands and lines of darker brown and black in very distinctive pattern; scattered silver gold metallic scales in lower parts of AM and PM lines, as well as along basal line and outlining parts of reniform and orbicular spots; stigma prominent, two-part, white or gold, in center of wing, the basal segment an open u-shape, and the distal part an infilled oval or spot; hindwing brownish-gray in outer half, paler in basal half, with checkered fringe and whitish median band; antennae simple and similar in both the sexes (adapted from description at E.H. Strickland Museum
(3)).
Range
Newfoundland to British Columbia, south in the east to Massachusetts and Wisconsin, south in the west to Oregon and Colorado.
Habitat
Open woodlands, clearings and edges, bogs and fens; adults are nocturnal and come to light
(3)Season
Adults fly from June to August in Alberta.
(3)Print References
Eichlin, T.D. & H.B. Cunningham, 1978. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology.
USDA Tech. Bulletin 1567: 1-122.
(6)
Grote, A.R. & C.T. Robinson, 1868. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera, no. 4.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2:
204
Lafontaine, J.D. & R.W. Poole, 1991.
The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 25.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 85; plate 2, fig. 13.
(7)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009.
Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 49, fig. 34; p. 278.
(4)Internet References
distribution in Canada; list of provinces of occurrence (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)
