Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1353444

Eastern Comma
Polygonia comma

Observation date: June 11, 2022
Submitted by: RJErickson
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Two final instar caterpillars found 6/11/2022 on a smooth-leaved apparent hornbeam or birch sapling, (Did not seem to be an elm.) Matched online images of European "COMMA" (Polygonia c-album), with dorsal white patch, etc., rather than usual P. comma or P. interrogationis. At least one larva made chrysalis 6/16/2023. No subsequent record of adult. (Eclosed?)
Status: Resident
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: April 01, 2023
Coordinator notes: None.
Partner project: National Moth Week
Checklist region(s): United States, New York, Warren County