Species Pleromelloida conserta - Hodges#10027

10027

P. apposita, obliquata, smithi are all treated as synonyms at All-Leps

one of 4 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

wingspan about 30 mm

Adult has two color forms: forewing of dark form (see image) blackish except for white patches in basal area and along costa, and gray-and-white checkered fringe; forewing of light form (see image) medium gray with jagged black lines and black veins; hindwing of both forms brownish-gray with dark veins and discal spot

British Columbia to California, east to Utah, north to Saskatchewan

adults fly in spring

larvae feed on leaves of Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) and Lonicera, members of the Caprifoliaceae family

page creation based on Gary Anweiler's identification of this image

Pleromelloida cinerea forewing slightly paler gray with more contrasting lines, conspicuous black streaks in subterminal area (especially near apex), and paler whitish-gray hindwing

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

pinned adult image of "obliquata" which is a synonym of conserta (California Dept. of Food and Agriculture)

presence in Oregon; list given as "obliquata" which is a synonym of conserta (Oregon State U.)

presence in Utah; list given as "obliquata" which is a synonym of conserta (Joel Johnson, Utah Lepidopterists' Society)

presence in California; list (U. of California at Berkeley)

flight season and larval foodplants of "obliquata" (Jeff Miller, Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands, USGS)