Bethune's Pinion
Lithophane bethunei (Grote & Robinson, 1868)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Cuculliinae
Identification: Forewing cream with tan and yellow shading. Orbicular and reniform spots and st. line yellowish; other lines represented by tiny black dots on veins. Gray shading between orbicular and reniform spots and below reniform spot; 2 terminal gray blotches. Hindwing cream with gray shading except at apex and fringe.
Wing Span: 3.2-3.9 cm.
Life History:
Flight: September-November; February-May.
Caterpillar Hosts: Apple, ash, choke cherry, crabapple, hickory, maple, oak, witch-hazel, and other trees. Larvae have been observed eating pupae of Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Macalosoma americanum).
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Nova Scotia to Washington, DC and Kentucky, west to Manitoba and Missouri. Also Florida.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Observation date: Oct 29, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Mar 19, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Apr 07, 2004
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Sep 17, 2006
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Van Buren County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Mar 29, 2004
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Oct 30, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Sep 23, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Mar 23, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Oct 06, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
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