Butterflies and Moths of North America

collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera

Broken-lined Brocade
Mesapamea fractilinea (Grote, 1874)


Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Hadeninae
Identification: Brown to blackish. Reinform spot mottled black and white with rounded white upper edge.
Wing Span: 2.6-3.3 cm
Life History:
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Larva (Lined Stalk Borer) is sometimes a pest on corn and timothy.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Maine and Quebec to Florida, west to Ontario, Minnesota, and Mississippi.
Conservation:
NCGR: Not yet ranked.
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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