Species Sunira verberata - Battered Sallow - Hodges#9960

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Sunira verberata (Smith, 1904)

Agrochola verberata (Smith, 1904)

Orthosia verberata Smith, 1904

Phylogenetic sequence # 932618 (1)

Wingspan about 30-35 mm.

Adult: forewing similar to Bicolored Sallow (except there are no individuals whose outer half is completely purplish-gray, as in some bicolorago); hindwing usually evenly shaded with gray except for sharply-defined pale strip along costa; some individuals of bicolorago and verberata have virtually identical hindwings -- either mostly gray or entirely gray -- and can't be reliably distinguished by external appearance (see links and info in See Also section below)

Alaska and British Columbia to Nova Scotia (but missing from Ontario), south in the west to Oregon and Colorado

deciduous woodlands; adults are nocturnal and come to light and sugar bait

adults fly in late summer and fall

unknown; larva has not been described

one generation per year

Bicolored Sallow (Sunira bicolorago) hindwing gray shading usually less extensive, more diffuse, and less sharply-defined than in verberata

Sunira decipiens has less gray shading on forewing, and no gray shading on hindwing

(compare images of all three species at CBIF)

Smith, J.B., 1904. New Noctuidae for 1904. The Canadian Entomologist 36, n. 6, p.153.

Pacific Northwest Moths (2)

Moth Photographers Group (3)

species account including pinned adult image, habitat, flight season, description, biology, distribution (Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta)

distribution in Canada listing provinces of occurrence (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)