Happy Pollinator Week: June 21-27, 2021! Butterflies and moths are pollinators of many flowering plants.
Did you know? The Hummingbird Clearwing (Hemaris thysbe) hovers in flight and uses its long tongue to sip nectar from flowers.
Pseudeva purpurigera (Walker, 1858)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Plusiinae
Identification: Light rust brown forewing has a straight postmedial line, is slightly falcate, and has a convex outer margin. Larvae are pale green with white lines and diagonal slashes, and they have a humpback appearance due to dorsally enlarged first four and eighth abdominal segments. Outer surface of the cocoon has patches and knots of silk.
Wing Span:
Life History:
Flight: Late June - early August.
Caterpillar Hosts: Meadow-rue, Thalictrum (Ranunculaceae).
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Alberta east to the Maritime Provinces and south, dicsontinuously, to Colorado, New Mexico, and eastern Arizona. In the East, ranges to South Carolina.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments:
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 16 of 16 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 24, 2015
Submitted by: Betsy Higgins
Region: Huron County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Mark Wheeler
Verified date: Feb 06, 2021
Observation date: Jul 25, 2015
Submitted by: Betsy Higgins
Region: Huron County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Mark Wheeler
Verified date: Feb 06, 2021
Observation date: Jul 10, 2018
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 30, 2020
Observation date: Jul 19, 2020
Submitted by: JMJaskula
Region: Newton County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 20, 2020
Observation date: Jul 04, 2020
Submitted by: JMJaskula
Region: Lake County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Jul 05, 2020
Observation date: Jul 15, 2019
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Jerry McWilliams)
Region: Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 12, 2019
Observation date: Jul 07, 2017
Submitted by: Sheryl Johnson
Region: Scioto County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 27, 2018
Observation date: Jul 27, 2016
Submitted by: devjohnstone
Region: Nova Scotia, Canada
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: May 03, 2017
Observation date: Aug 16, 2014
Submitted by: J_Martineau
Region: Crook County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Dec 15, 2014
Observation date: Aug 09, 2014
Submitted by: J_Martineau
Region: Crook County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Dec 10, 2014
Observation date: Jul 19, 2014
Submitted by: Sue Gregoire
Region: Schuyler County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Dec 04, 2014
Observation date: Jul 14, 2013
Submitted by: Latenight
Region: Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 23, 2013
Observation date: Jul 13, 2013
Submitted by: joeverica
Region: Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 15, 2013
Observation date: Jul 07, 2012
Submitted by: BeaLaporte
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 07, 2012
Observation date: Jun 15, 2008
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jun 16, 2011
Observation date: Jul 20, 2008
Submitted by: Tom Middagh
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Jan 12, 2011