Species Habrosyne scripta - Lettered Habrosyne - Hodges#6235

6235

The Scribe

wingspan 30-39 mm

Adult: forewing brownish gray, strikingly patterned in white and black with shading in reddish brown, and a very sleek, smooth appearance; postmedial (PM) line a looping zigzag of fine black parallel lines, clearest at the midpoint of the wing; antemedial (AM) line forms a relatively smooth curve as it goes from the costa to the inner margin of the wing - a distinguishing feature [adapted from description by Lynn Scott]

Larva: orange to rusty brown, with fine black dorsal midline; head with reticulate patterning; second thoracic segment raised; eighth abdominal segment also humped; abdomen with faint subdorsal chevrons; venter and lateral areas above prolegs pale [from description at Caterpillars of Eastern Forests]

southern Canada and northern US, south in the west to Arizona

adults fly from May to August

larvae from July to October

larvae feed on the leaves of birch and Rubus spp. (Black Raspberry, Purple-flowering Raspberry)

two generations per year

Glorious Habrosyne (H. gloriosa) is similar but has a 90 degree jog or notch in the AM line, part-way along its length (whereas in H. scripta, the AM line is a smooth curve)

Covell, p. 341, plate 45 (1)

Moth Photographers Group

pinned adult image plus description and other info (Gerald Fauske, Moths of North Dakota)

pinned adult image (CBIF)

common name reference and other info (Ohio State U.)

Entomology Collection - University of Alberta

Pacific Northwest Moths