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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Verified Sightings
Displaying 145 - 168 of 168 verified sightings
Observation date: Aug 15, 2009
Submitted by: Lula Field
Region: Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 20, 2011
Observation date: Aug 06, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Jerry Skinner)
Region: Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Sep 09, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Stephen Kloiber)
Region: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Sep 18, 2010
Submitted by: BobMoul (Bob Moul)
Region: York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Aug 09, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Stephen Kloiber)
Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Aug 07, 2010
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Region: Grant County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Sep 18, 2010
Submitted by: BobMoul (Bob Moul)
Region: York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Aug 09, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Stephen Kloiber)
Region: Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Aug 22, 2008
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Jerry McWiliams)
Region: Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Aug 06, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Jerry Skinner)
Region: Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Sep 09, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Stephen Kloiber)
Region: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Aug 07, 2010
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Region: Grant County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Sep 21, 2010
Observation date: Sep 05, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Leonard Hess)
Region: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 16, 2009
Observation date: Sep 13, 2009
Submitted by: Monica Miller (Monica Miller)
Region: Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 16, 2009
Observation date: Aug 20, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Ken Lebo)
Region: Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Oct 16, 2009
Observation date: Sep 03, 2009
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Region: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Oct 16, 2009
Observation date: Sep 03, 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: Aug 28, 2009
Observation date: Sep 18, 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: Sep 14, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Taylor County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Sep 19, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Howard County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Aug 23, 2006
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Sep 20, 2005
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Aug 16, 2005
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Delaware County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
Observation date: Aug 19, 2006
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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