Spanish Moth
Xanthopastis regnatrix (Grote, 1863)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Hadeninae
Identification: Easily recognized by the hairy black body and pink forewing with black markings; yellow around spots and in terminal area. Hindwing blackish.
Wing Span: 3.9-4.5 cm.
Life History:
Flight: April-July in Mississippi; November-May and September in Florida.
Caterpillar Hosts: Figs (Ficus species), spider lily, and narcissus. Larva has been reared on iceberg lettuce.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Staten Island, New York and New Jersey to Florida, west to Kentucky, Arkansas and Texas.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
Taxonomy Notes: Formerly Xanthopastis timais. Poole (1989) recognized X. timais as the senior synonym of regatrix in Lepidopterum Catalogus - Noctuidae. Lafontaine and Schmidt's 2010 Noctuoidea of North America also recognized X. regnatrix as the preferred name.
Alternate Scientific Names:
Xanthopastis timais
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 81 verified sightings
Observation date: May 06, 2024
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe (Elizabeth Anderegg)
Region: Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: May 19, 2024
Observation date: May 17, 2024
Submitted by: ashleywilliams1016
Region: Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: May 18, 2024
Observation date: Jan 20, 2022
Submitted by: Sue Bocchicchio
Region: Monroe County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 27, 2024
Observation date: Jul 22, 2016
Submitted by: Ozark Mtn Nana
Region: United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 04, 2023
Observation date: Jun 19, 2021
Submitted by: hsmarshall
Region: Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Oct 06, 2022
Observation date: Aug 22, 2017
Submitted by: LLJohnson
Region: Dominican Republic
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Sep 26, 2022
Observation date: Sep 19, 2022
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Sep 21, 2022
Observation date: Aug 15, 2019
Submitted by: Brenda J.
Region: McCracken County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: CA Ivy
Verified date: Jun 15, 2022
Observation date: May 26, 2022
Submitted by: meldsmith
Region: New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 26, 2022
Observation date: May 02, 2022
Submitted by: Ruthann.serna
Region: Marion County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 02, 2022
Observation date: Jul 09, 2021
Submitted by: allisonp28
Region: Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 09, 2021
Observation date: Mar 23, 2021
Submitted by: Cjoll
Region: Monroe County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Mar 31, 2021
Observation date: Mar 26, 2021
Submitted by: katrohrer
Region: Charlotte County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 26, 2021
Observation date: Jan 04, 2021
Submitted by: ridgeboy
Region: Pasco County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Jan 05, 2021
Observation date: May 23, 2020
Submitted by: Jeff Trahan
Region: St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jun 09, 2020
Observation date: Mar 09, 2020
Submitted by: bfberauer
Region: Dixie County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 03, 2020
Observation date: Nov 10, 2019
Submitted by: EleanorR
Region: Gilchrist County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Nov 12, 2019
Observation date: May 30, 2016
Submitted by: robert.emond
Region: Lowndes County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Sep 25, 2019
Observation date: Jun 29, 2019
Submitted by: AllanSAL
Region: Madison County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jul 01, 2019
Observation date: Jun 02, 2019
Submitted by: Ellerumble
Region: Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 03, 2019
Observation date: Apr 21, 2019
Submitted by: Cardinal52
Region: Duval County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 21, 2019
Observation date: Feb 21, 2019
Submitted by: Brendavent
Region: Collier County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Feb 22, 2019
Observation date: Nov 04, 2018
Submitted by: Christy Kucera
Region: Gilchrist County, Florida, United States
Verified by: John Calhoun
Verified date: Nov 05, 2018
Observation date: Apr 25, 2016
Submitted by: MarciaVrealtor
Region: Clay County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 06, 2018
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