Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Sympistis semicollaris (Smith, 1909)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Oncocnemidinae
Identification: One of six similar gray Sympistis species with an H-shaped pattern of connected antemedial and postmedial lines and is the only one with a gray head. It is small with a powdery steel gray forewing, slightly darker toward the outer margin. A thin dash is present at the wing base at the cell, and a series of parallel black lines are present on the distal wing, and darkest and extending across the postmedial line between veins M1 and M2. The antemedial and postmedial lines are thin, black, joined by a similar thickness longitudinal line across the median area in the fold. The antemedial line is angled with the apex at the transverse line connecting it to the postmedial line. The postmedial line is sinuous, strongly and evenly excurved around the end of the cell, drawn sharply from the lower end of the cell to the median bar connecting it to the antemedial line, and nearly straight to meet the trailing margin at a right angle. The basal line, median line, subterminal line, and all three spots are absent. The hin
Wing Span: 2.6-3.0 cm
Life History:
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Snowberry (Symphoricarpos spp.)
Adult Food:
Habitat: Dry forests from sea level to middle elevations in the mountains of Washington, but is more restricted to high elevation subalpine forests in the Cascades of Oregon.
Range: Southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington. The northern limit is in central British Columbia, California and Arizona.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Taxonomy Notes: None.
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Observation date: Jun 24, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Aug 25, 2024
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Observation date: Jun 05, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Jun 23, 2024
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Observation date: Jun 16, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Jun 23, 2024
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Observation date: May 31, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Jun 14, 2024
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Observation date: Jun 07, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 14, 2024
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Observation date: May 22, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: May 24, 2024
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Observation date: Jun 27, 2023
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
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Verified date: Jun 28, 2023
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Observation date: Jun 05, 2023
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 14, 2023
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Observation date: Jul 20, 2021
Submitted by: weflybye
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 21, 2021
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Observation date: Jun 07, 2018
Submitted by: coreyk
Region: Coconino County, Arizona, United States
Verified by: kellyrichers
Verified date: Dec 21, 2020
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Observation date: Jul 08, 2019
Submitted by: alanmiller
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 08, 2019
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Observation date: May 30, 2018
Submitted by: Jim Eckert
Region: Graham County, Arizona, United States
Verified by: Jim Eckert
Verified date: Jun 08, 2018
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Observation date: Jul 07, 2013
Submitted by: Dwaine Wagoner
Region: Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Sep 04, 2014
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