Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012) | Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD | Technical Description, Adults: Forbes (1954) | Technical Description, Immature Stages: Forbes (1954); Wagner et al. (2011) | |
Adult Markings: The greenish color pattern will differentiate this species from most other moderately-sized Noctuids. Two forms are found, with and without a large white reniform spot. Freshly emerged individuals are quite striking. |
Adult Structural Features: The male genitalia are readily identified because the valves have almost no features but the vesica has two large patches of cornuti. In the female the bursae is long and narrow, quite unlike most other Noctuids. |
Structural photos |
![](photos_structures/2016/tn9619.00_1452210098.jpg) Male reproductive structures |
![](photos_structures/2016/tn9619.00_1452210176.jpg) Aedeagus |
![](photos_structures/2016/tn9619.00_1452210267.jpg) Abdominal pelt |
![](photos_structures/2016/tn9619.00_1452210295.jpg) Female reproductive structures |
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Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens. |
Immatures and Development: Caterpillars are frequently found at the growing tip of the vines, are green with a white spiracular line and white, well-spaced dots on the dorsum. The prepupa turns black but the white spots persist. |
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants. |