Reniform Celaena Moth
Helotropha reniformis (Grote, 1874)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Noctuinae
Identification: forewing dark brown with lighter brown subterminal band and small basal patch; reniform spot either solid white or brown with white outline and white streak in middle; two diverging white lines extend from inner corner of reniform spot into subterminal area (these lines may be lacking in specimens with solid white reniform spot); orbicular spot an oblique rounded rectangle, brown with white outline; pale yellowish-brown patch at apex; hindwing dirty white, shading to gray distally, with dark veins and pale fringe
Wing Span: about 3.7 cm
Life History:
Flight: adults fly from August to October in Alberta
Caterpillar Hosts: sedges (Cyperaceae) and rarely corn.
Adult Food:
Habitat: wet meadows, marshes
Range: coast to coast in southern Canada and northern United States, south in the west to California
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Taxonomy Notes: None.
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 25 - 38 of 38 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 28, 2016
Submitted by: Betsy Higgins
Region: Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: Lula Field
Verified date: Sep 26, 2016
Observation date: Jul 24, 1998
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Steven Johnson)
Region: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 03, 2016
Observation date: Aug 12, 1999
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Steven Johnson)
Region: Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 03, 2016
Observation date: Aug 10, 2002
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Steven Johnson)
Region: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 03, 2016
Observation date: Aug 07, 1999
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Steven Johnson)
Region: Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 03, 2016
Observation date: Aug 12, 2015
Submitted by: Sharon Watson
Region: Traill County, North Dakota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Nov 01, 2015
Observation date: Sep 27, 2013
Submitted by: Carl D. Barrentine
Region: Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: May 24, 2014
Observation date: Sep 26, 2013
Submitted by: Tom Middagh
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Apr 16, 2014
Observation date: Aug 27, 2009
Submitted by: Tom Middagh
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Apr 16, 2014
Observation date: Sep 04, 2013
Submitted by: stonehollow
Region: Wright County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Nov 11, 2013
Observation date: Aug 22, 2012
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Jerry McWilliams)
Region: Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 10, 2013
Observation date: Sep 29, 2011
Submitted by: trever
Region: Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: H.D. McGuinness
Verified date: Oct 10, 2012
Observation date: Sep 21, 2012
Submitted by: wayne13114
Region: Oswego County, New York, United States
Verified by: H.D. McGuinness
Verified date: Oct 10, 2012
Observation date: Aug 26, 2011
Submitted by: rogerdowner
Region: Wayne County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 10, 2012
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