- Source: Cisseps fulvicollis
Cisseps fulvicollis, the yellow-collared scape moth, is a species of the family Erebidae and subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Description
The wingspan is between 1 and 1+1⁄2 inches (25 and 38 mm).
Distribution
This moth is active during late spring and summer in fields and forest edges throughout Canada south to Texas and Florida.
Life cycle
The caterpillar is yellow, brown or black with sparse long, soft, pale setae. It has dark stripes on its back and sides surrounded by yellow or orange stripes.
= Larval foods
=Grasses
Sedges
= Range
=It is widespread in North America, including the southeastern US, where the Virginia ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) is absent.
Subspecies
Cisseps fulvicollis fulvicollis
Cisseps fulvicollis pallens (H. Edwards, 1886)
Similar species
Ctenucha virginica – Virginia ctenucha
Images
References
Evans, Arthur V. (2007). "Butterflies and Moths: Order Lepidoptera". Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America. Sterling Publishing Co. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-4027-4153-1.
External links
Cotinis (May 23, 2018). "Species Cisseps fulvicollis - Yellow-collared Scape Moth - Hodges#8267". BugGuide. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
Cisseps fulvicollis, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images
Cisseps fulvicollis, Discover Life
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cisseps fulvicollis
- Cisseps
- Cisseps packardii
- List of Lepidoptera of Michigan
- Vulgichneumon brevicinctor
- Ctenucha virginica
- List of Lepidoptera of Bermuda
- List of moths of Canada (Arctiinae)
- List of moths of North America (MONA 7649–8321)
