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INSECTS

Three-lined Balsa Moth

Balsa tristrigella

Insects
Native
Three-lined Balsa Moth, photo 1 of 5
Three-lined Balsa Moth, photo 2 of 5
Three-lined Balsa Moth, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

There are 126 observations of Three-lined Balsa Moth in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Estrie and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 9 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from August to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie38
  2. Estrie30
  3. Outaouais19
  4. Capitale-Nationale18
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches9
  6. Montréal6
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent3
  8. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  9. Laurentides1

What the caterpillar eats

Black Hills sprucePicea glauca

Similar species

Many-dotted Appleworm MothBalsa malana
White-blotched Balsa MothBalsa labecula
Smeared DaggerAcronicta oblinita