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.
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Description
The wingspan is between 1 and 1+1⁄2 inches (25 and 38 mm).[1]
Distribution
This moth is active during late spring and summer in fields and forest edges throughout Canada south to Texas and Florida.
Life cycle
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
Range
It is widespread in North America, including the southeastern US, where the Virginia ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) is absent.
Subspecies
- Cisseps fulvicollis fulvicollis
- Cisseps fulvicollis pallens (H. Edwards, 1886)
Similar species
- Ctenucha virginica – Virginia ctenucha
Images
Yellow-collared scape moth
With visible proboscis
For comparison Virginia ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica)
With folded wings
Caterpillar
References
- 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
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