American Angle Shades
Euplexia benesimilis McDunnough, 1922
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Amphipyrinae
Identification: Forewing angled and brown with blackish brown shading in basal and median areas. Lines black, inconspicuous; wide, light brown band beyond pm. line. Reniform spot white with yellowish filling in middle, brown at top and bottom. Hindwing grayish brown with darker median line and shading beyond it.
Wing Span: 2.8-3.6 cm.
Life History:
Flight: May-August. Two broods.
Caterpillar Hosts: A wide variety of plants, including alders, asters, ferns, huckleberries, sunflowers, trilliums, and willows.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Newfoundland to North Carolina, west through southern Canada, south to northern Arkansas.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 145 - 157 of 157 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 30, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Jerry Skinner)
Region: Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Aug 03, 2010
Observation date: May 14, 2010
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Region: Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Jun 21, 2010
Observation date: Apr 30, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Ken Lebo)
Region: Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Jun 21, 2010
Observation date: Apr 17, 2010
Submitted by: BobMoul (Bob Moul)
Region: Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Jun 21, 2010
Observation date: Aug 16, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Leonard Hess)
Region: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Sep 24, 2009
Observation date: May 23, 2007
Submitted by: H.D. McGuinness (H.D. McGuinness)
Region: Suffolk County, New York, United States
Verified by: H.D. McGuinness (H.D. McGuinness)
Verified date: Jul 08, 2009
Observation date: May 08, 2009
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Region: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2009
Observation date: Jun 26, 2008
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Jo Ann Poe-McGavin)
Region: Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Mar 02, 2009
Observation date: May 20, 1996
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Region: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Jan 15, 2009
Observation date: May 15, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Jasper County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (James Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: May 03, 2004
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: May 30, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: May 25, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
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