Panthea virginarius (Grote, 1880)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Pantheinae
Identification: Forewing is white to dark black-gray with jaggged, dentate black lines; hindwing is white with a dark submarginal band or pure gray; males with pectinate antennae.
Wing Span: 5.0 cm
Life History:
Flight: Adults are nocturnal, recorded May through August over most of range (wider range of records in coastal California)
Caterpillar Hosts: Species of Pineaceae, particularly Douglas-fir.
Adult Food:
Habitat: Coniferous forests
Range: British Columbia east to New England, south to central coastal California.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Taxonomy Notes: None.
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 39 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 08, 2022
Submitted by: hydapse
Region: Carbon County, Montana, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jan 03, 2023
Observation date: Jul 19, 2022
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 28, 2022
Observation date: Aug 03, 2021
Submitted by: hiker96
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 21, 2022
Observation date: Jun 05, 2022
Submitted by: dlister
Region: Kitsap County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 05, 2022
Observation date: Jun 01, 2022
Submitted by: weflybye
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 03, 2022
Observation date: May 23, 2022
Submitted by: weflybye
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 24, 2022
Observation date: Aug 17, 2011
Submitted by: anna.s
Region: Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Jan 21, 2022
Observation date: Jun 03, 2021
Submitted by: weflybye
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 03, 2021
Observation date: May 01, 2021
Submitted by: weflybye
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 03, 2021
Observation date: May 30, 2017
Submitted by: JBumblebee
Region: Marion County, Oregon, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Mar 18, 2021
Observation date: Aug 22, 2020
Submitted by: weflybye
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 24, 2020
Observation date: Jul 18, 2020
Submitted by: weflybye
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 19, 2020
Observation date: Jun 15, 2020
Submitted by: cedar817
Region: Sitka, Alaska, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 01, 2020
Observation date: Jun 08, 2018
Submitted by: Rob Petley-Jones
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Mar 17, 2020
Observation date: Jul 02, 2019
Submitted by: J_Martineau
Region: Missoula County, Montana, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Dec 05, 2019
Observation date: Sep 25, 2019
Submitted by: weflybye
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Sep 26, 2019
Observation date: Jul 21, 2019
Submitted by: Kristi DuBois
Region: Missoula County, Montana, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 23, 2019
Observation date: Jul 01, 2019
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 14, 2019
Observation date: Jul 04, 2019
Submitted by: cedar817
Region: Sitka, Alaska, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 07, 2019
Observation date: Jun 28, 2019
Submitted by: weflybye
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 29, 2019
Observation date: May 19, 2018
Submitted by: jvhigbee
Region: Pierce County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 23, 2018
Observation date: Jul 06, 2017
Submitted by: J_Martineau
Region: Lane County, Oregon, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Dec 13, 2017
Observation date: Jul 15, 2017
Submitted by: N_Santill
Region: Whatcom County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 03, 2017
Observation date: Jul 17, 2017
Submitted by: Danilo Hegg
Region: Flathead County, Montana, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 24, 2017
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