''Pyrrhia cilisca'' is a
moth of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
first described by
Achille Guenée in 1852. ''Pyrrhia adela'' was placed as a synonym of ''Pyrrhia cilisca''. ''Pyrrhia adela'' was introduced as the new scientific name for the North American population of moths which was formerly considered to be ''
Pyrrhia umbra
''Pyrrhia umbra'', the bordered sallow, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is found in all of Europe, east through Anatolia to Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal and th ...
'', hence both species have the common name bordered sallow, although ''adela'' was also referred to as the American bordered sallow. It is found in North America from
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
west to
Manitoba,
South Carolina west to
Texas.
The
wingspan is 32–40 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October.
The larvae feed on alder, cabbage, rose, sumac, walnut and a wide range of other plants.
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Heliothinae
Moths of North America
Taxa named by Achille Guenée
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