Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012) | Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD | Technical Description, Adults: Forbes (1954); Lafontaine (1998) | |
Adult Markings: The collar is blackish. The ground color of the forewing is duller and smoother than in sigmoides but the cell is blackish, as in that species, but the costa is rarely pale (Forbes, 1954). This is the easiest species to identify because of the strong contrast between the dark forewing (particularly between the orbicular and reniform spots) and the light hindwing (Sullivan, pers. obs.). |
Wingspan: 30 mm (Forbes, 1954) |
Adult Structural Features: There is no spining on the tibia. For males this is the easiest species to distinguish because there is a pointed bulge in the middle of the ventral valve edge. The cornutus in the vesica is elongated and pointed backward. In the female the lateral edges of the ostium are enlarged, semicircular and well sclerotized, breast-like. |
Structural photos |
![](photos_structures/2016/tn11008.00_1453660070.jpg) Male reproductive structures |
![](photos_structures/2016/tn11008.00_1453660090.jpg) Aedeagus |
![](photos_structures/2016/tn11008.00_1453660121.jpg) Abdominal pelt |
![](photos_structures/2016/tn11008.00_1453660143.jpg) Female reproductive structures |
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Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens. |
Immatures and Development: The young larvae probably overwinter. |