Dock Rustic
Resapamea passer (Guenée, 1852)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Amphipyrinae
Identification: Forewing pale to dark brown, sometimes reddish-brown; spots black; top of claviform spot thick and conspicuous; orbicular spot outline thin; reniform spot heavier but broken; lines inconspicuous, though PM and terminal lines partially edged with black; subterminal line orangish-brown, indistinct; hindwing pale grayish-brown with yellowish fringe
Wing Span: 3.0 - 4.1 cm
Life History: Two generations per year as far north as Ohio; one generation in Quebec and farther north.
Flight: May to October in the south, as far north as Ohio; June to August in Quebec and farther north.
Caterpillar Hosts: Llarvae bore in roots of dock (Rumex spp.)
Adult Food:
Habitat: Forest clearings and roadsides
Range: All of Canada, including the arctic, south in the east to New Jersey and Maryland, south in the west to Texas, Arizona, and California
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
Taxonomy Notes: Resapamea passer: Includes as synonyms Resapamea virguncula [9390] and Resapamea morna [9392]. Formerly placed in the genus Luperina.
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 25 - 39 of 39 verified sightings
Observation date: May 29, 2015
Submitted by: Sue Gregoire
Region: Schuyler County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Dec 31, 2015
Observation date: Oct 23, 2015
Submitted by: yardbird
Region: Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 23, 2015
Observation date: Aug 16, 2014
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Margaret Higbee)
Region: Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jan 22, 2015
Observation date: Jun 16, 2014
Submitted by: AngelaCoco
Region: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jan 02, 2015
Observation date: Oct 14, 2014
Submitted by: Tom Middagh
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Jan 02, 2015
Observation date: Sep 29, 2013
Submitted by: Carl D. Barrentine
Region: Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: May 24, 2014
Observation date: Jun 28, 2013
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Stephen Kloiber)
Region: Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 02, 2013
Observation date: Aug 13, 2012
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 26, 2012
Observation date: Aug 09, 2012
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 26, 2012
Observation date: Jun 21, 2012
Submitted by: Sue Adair
Region: Jefferson County, New York, United States
Verified by: H.D. McGuinness
Verified date: Jun 30, 2012
Observation date: Jul 06, 2011
Submitted by: Robert Martin
Region: Lewis And Clark County, Montana, United States
Verified by: Robert Martin
Verified date: Oct 12, 2011
Observation date: May 24, 2011
Submitted by: rogerdowner
Region: Wayne County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 24, 2011
Observation date: Aug 31, 2008
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 23, 2011
Observation date: Jun 03, 2009
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Region: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Aug 17, 2009
Observation date: Sep 19, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Howard County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
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