Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1411698

Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos

Observation date: August 16, 2025
Submitted by: maryjanzen
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: feeding on rudbeckia--a "mystery" type that planted itself in my pollinator garden, taller but with smaller flowers than the R. hirta and R. fulgida I'd planted on purpose (it didn't visit those); cloudy, humid, 81F
Status: Resident
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: August 17, 2025
Coordinator notes: Male
Checklist region(s): United States, Pennsylvania, Centre County