American Angle Shades
Euplexia benesimilis McDunnough, 1922
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Amphipyrinae
Identification: Forewing angled and brown with blackish brown shading in basal and median areas. Lines black, inconspicuous; wide, light brown band beyond pm. line. Reniform spot white with yellowish filling in middle, brown at top and bottom. Hindwing grayish brown with darker median line and shading beyond it.
Wing Span: 2.8-3.6 cm.
Life History:
Flight: May-August. Two broods.
Caterpillar Hosts: A wide variety of plants, including alders, asters, ferns, huckleberries, sunflowers, trilliums, and willows.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Newfoundland to North Carolina, west through southern Canada, south to northern Arkansas.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: Sep 28, 2014
Submitted by: Michael Melchiore
Region: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 13, 2014
Observation date: Jul 26, 2013
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 03, 2014
Observation date: Jun 22, 2014
Submitted by: Tom Raub
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 30, 2014
Observation date: Jun 09, 2014
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Margaret Higbee)
Region: Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 13, 2014
Observation date: May 12, 2014
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: Lula Field
Verified date: May 14, 2014
Observation date: May 03, 2014
Submitted by: dncms
Region: Knox County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 07, 2014
Observation date: May 20, 2013
Submitted by: LinCepek
Region: Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Apr 17, 2014
Observation date: May 20, 2011
Submitted by: Lula Field
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: Lula Field
Verified date: Feb 16, 2014
Observation date: Jul 23, 2011
Submitted by: Lula Field
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: Lula Field
Verified date: Feb 16, 2014
Observation date: Aug 01, 2010
Submitted by: Lula Field
Region: Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: Lula Field
Verified date: Feb 16, 2014
Observation date: Jul 28, 2013
Submitted by: wayne13114
Region: Oswego County, New York, United States
Verified by: H.D. McGuinness
Verified date: Feb 11, 2014
Observation date: Jul 30, 2013
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 20, 2013
Observation date: Aug 07, 2013
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 20, 2013
Observation date: Aug 07, 2013
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 08, 2013
Observation date: Jul 27, 2013
Submitted by: sharin
Region: Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 28, 2013
Observation date: Jun 26, 2011
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 29, 2013
Observation date: Jun 22, 2012
Submitted by: curtis.lehman
Region: Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 02, 2013
Observation date: Jul 06, 2012
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Karen and Gary Campbell)
Region: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 22, 2012
Observation date: Sep 07, 2012
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Ann Pettigrew)
Region: York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 18, 2012
Observation date: May 28, 2012
Submitted by: corey.husic
Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 01, 2012
Observation date: May 16, 2012
Submitted by: David Trently
Region: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: May 17, 2012
Observation date: Aug 07, 2011
Submitted by: Dwaine Wagoner
Region: Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Feb 23, 2012
Observation date: Jun 12, 2009
Submitted by: curtis.lehman
Region: Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Dec 12, 2011
Observation date: Aug 01, 2011
Submitted by: schmidts128@hot...
Region: Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 27, 2011
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