Brown-lined Sallow Moth
Sympistis badistriga (Grote, 1872)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Oncocnemidinae
Identification: forewing brown with variable white scaling and small black streaks in subterminal area; AM and PM lines very thin, curved; black basal dash extends to PM line; another black dash extends through reniform spot and upper PM line
hindwing shiny, whitish; brown toward outer margin
[description by Charles Covell]
Wing Span: 3.0-3.2 cm
Life History:
Flight: adults fly from June to August in Canada
Caterpillar Hosts: honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.)
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: North America east of the Rockies (but unrecorded between New Jersey and Florida - apparently quite rare in the southeast)
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 22, 2022
Submitted by: robpendergast
Region: Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Jul 26, 2022
Observation date: Jul 24, 2021
Submitted by: dawittrock2231
Region: Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Jul 26, 2021
Observation date: Jul 22, 2020
Submitted by: w
Region: Carlton County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Mark Wheeler
Verified date: Dec 24, 2020
Observation date: Jul 14, 2017
Submitted by: Mark Wheeler
Region: Washington County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Apr 12, 2020
Observation date: Jul 14, 2014
Submitted by: stonehollow
Region: Wright County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Feb 16, 2015
Observation date: Jul 05, 2013
Submitted by: Ilona L.
Region: Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Jan 14, 2014
Observation date: May 19, 2012
Submitted by: trever
Region: Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: May 26, 2012
Observation date: May 11, 2011
Submitted by: JC Jones
Region: Aiken County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 13, 2011