Identification
Day-flying. Wings black, translucent, basal half of forewing orange. Note that inner margin of forewing is black, orange in rather similar Lycomorpha. Also note phenology: Pyromorpha flies in early summer, Lycomorpha in late summer, fall.
Range
Eastern and central North America
Habitat
Deciduous forests and nearby fields, presumably
Life Cycle
Larvae reported to feed on leaf litter, esp. oak leaves. Adults likely mimics of Lycid beetles, but also reported to have chemical defenses of their own.
See Also
See also the presumed model of the mimicry, the Lycid beetles of genus
Calopteron.
Print References
Covell, p. 414, plate 57 #4
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