Species Feralia deceptiva - Deceptive Sallow - Hodges#10006

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Feralia deceptiva (McDunnough, 1920)

Wingspan about 40 mm, based on Jeff Miller image at USGS

Adult: forewing dark green with black AM and PM lines, bordered medially by white; reniform and orbicular spots filled with ground color and rimmed with black and white; fringe checkered black and white. hindwing dark gray with even darker veins and pale yellowish strip extending from base to about two-thirds distance along inner margin; fringe checkered dark gray and whitish

Pacific coast from British Columbia to California

Wet coastal forests

adults fly in early spring

Larvae (caterpillars) feed on the foliage of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii).

Feralia comstocki - duller green with greatly reduced dark areas, more evenly colored FW with more conspicuous PM line and FW has three blackish blotches around reniform spot

Feralia februalis –has large white orbicular and reniform spots (occurs only in the far west)

Feralia jocosa – small size, dark HW and lack large patches black scale on FW

Feralia major - has only one black blotch, on basal side of reniform spot; orbicular and reniform spots darker, HW gray (eastern species, less common in west)