Reniform Celaena Moth Helotropha reniformis (Grote, 1874) | Butterflies and Moths of North America

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Identification: forewing dark brown with lighter brown subterminal band and small basal patch; reniform spot either solid white or brown with white outline and white streak in middle; two diverging white lines extend from inner corner of reniform spot into subterminal area (these lines may be lacking in specimens with solid white reniform spot); orbicular spot an oblique rounded rectangle, brown with white outline; pale yellowish-brown patch at apex; hindwing dirty white, shading to gray distally, with dark veins and pale fringe

Wing Span: about 3.7 cm

Life History:

Flight: adults fly from August to October in Alberta

Caterpillar Hosts: sedges (Cyperaceae) and rarely corn.

Adult Food:

Habitat: wet meadows, marshes

Range: coast to coast in southern Canada and northern United States, south in the west to California

Conservation:

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Management Needs:

Taxonomy Notes: None.

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