Pink-spotted Dart
Pseudohermonassa bicarnea (Guenée, 1852)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Noctuinae
Identification: Forewing dark purplish brown with pinkish orange blotches near base and at top of pm. line. Lines double, black. Orbicular spot angled, open toward costa, interrupting black bar from am. line to reniform spot. Hindwing grayish brown, darker at outer margin.
Wing Span: 3.2-4.3 cm.
Life History:
Flight: August-October.
Caterpillar Hosts: Many plants, including birches, clovers, and maples.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Newfoundland to North Carolina, west to Manitoba and Missouri.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: Genus name was changed from Xestia to Pseudohermonassa in 7/2009 as per Hugh McGuinness.
Alternate Scientific Names:
Xestia bicarnea
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Observation date: Aug 13, 2015
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 14, 2015
Observation date: Aug 09, 2015
Submitted by: Jarchibold
Region: Saratoga County, New York, United States
Verified by: lisald100
Verified date: Aug 10, 2015
Observation date: Aug 02, 2015
Submitted by: Carol Thornton-...
Region: Orange County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 02, 2015
Observation date: Jul 17, 2012
Submitted by: Lula Field
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: Lula Field
Verified date: Mar 02, 2015
Observation date: Aug 17, 2014
Submitted by: reutere
Region: Delaware County, New York, United States
Verified by: reutere
Verified date: Feb 08, 2015
Observation date: Aug 28, 2014
Submitted by: CathK
Region: Albany County, New York, United States
Verified by: reutere
Verified date: Jan 26, 2015
Observation date: Aug 14, 2014
Submitted by: Sue Gregoire
Region: Schuyler County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Jan 21, 2015
Observation date: Sep 11, 2014
Submitted by: AllenRatz
Region: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 20, 2014
Observation date: Sep 01, 2014
Submitted by: AllenRatz
Region: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 14, 2014
Observation date: Aug 30, 2014
Submitted by: AllenRatz
Region: Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 09, 2014
Observation date: Aug 09, 2014
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: Lula Field
Verified date: Nov 21, 2014
Observation date: Sep 23, 2014
Submitted by: Latenight
Region: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 25, 2014
Observation date: Sep 12, 2014
Submitted by: Carol Thornton-...
Region: Orange County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 12, 2014
Observation date: Aug 14, 2014
Submitted by: jollygoodyellow
Region: Nova Scotia, Canada
Verified by: anthony.thomas
Verified date: Sep 01, 2014
Observation date: Aug 14, 2014
Submitted by: jollygoodyellow
Region: Nova Scotia, Canada
Verified by: anthony.thomas
Verified date: Sep 01, 2014
Observation date: Aug 07, 2013
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 03, 2014
Observation date: Aug 01, 2013
Submitted by: wayne13114
Region: Oswego County, New York, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 10, 2014
Observation date: Sep 12, 2013
Submitted by: petewoods
Region: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 20, 2014
Observation date: Aug 11, 2013
Submitted by: stonehollow
Region: Wright County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Feb 09, 2014
Observation date: Aug 21, 2013
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Karen and Gary Campbell)
Region: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jan 27, 2014
Observation date: Aug 08, 2013
Submitted by: Ilona L.
Region: Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Dec 14, 2013
Observation date: Sep 03, 2013
Submitted by: pierre martin
Region: Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 19, 2013
Observation date: Aug 16, 2013
Submitted by: BeaLaporte
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: Jim Edsall
Verified date: Sep 04, 2013
Observation date: Aug 31, 2013
Submitted by: edenny
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 01, 2013
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