Cisseps fulvicollis
Appearance
Yellow-collared scape moth | |
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Species: | C. fulvicollis
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Cisseps fulvicollis (Hübner, 1818)
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Cisseps fulvicollis, the yellow-collared scape moth, is a species of the family Erebidae and subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is between 1 and 1+1⁄2 inches (25 and 38 mm).[1]
Distribution
[edit]This moth is active during late spring and summer in fields and forest edges throughout Canada south to Texas and Florida.
Life cycle
[edit]The caterpillar is yellow, brown or black with sparse long, soft, pale setae. It has dark stripes on its back and sides surrounded by yellow or orange stripes.
Larval foods
[edit]Range
[edit]It is widespread in North America, including the southeastern US, where the Virginia ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) is absent.
Subspecies
[edit]- Cisseps fulvicollis fulvicollis
- Cisseps fulvicollis pallens (H. Edwards, 1886)
Similar species
[edit]- Ctenucha virginica – Virginia ctenucha
Images
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Yellow-collared scape moth
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With visible proboscis
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For comparison Virginia ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica)
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With folded wings
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Caterpillar
References
[edit]- ^ "Field Guide: Yellow-Collared Scape Moth". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- Evans, Arthur V. (2007). "Butterflies and Moths: Order Lepidoptera". Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America. Sterling Publishing Co. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-4027-4153-1.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cisseps fulvicollis.
- Cotinis (May 23, 2018). "Species Cisseps fulvicollis - Yellow-collared Scape Moth - Hodges#8267". BugGuide. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- Cisseps fulvicollis, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images
- Cisseps fulvicollis, Discover Life