Kebnat
INSECTS

Close-banded Yellowhorn

Colocasia propinquilinea

Insects
Native
Close-banded Yellowhorn, photo 1 of 5
Close-banded Yellowhorn, Caterpillar
Close-banded Yellowhorn, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

There are 144 observations of Close-banded Yellowhorn in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Montérégie and Estrie, and it has been reported in 11 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. Outaouais36
  2. Montérégie33
  3. Estrie32
  4. Abitibi-Témiscamingue18
  5. Laurentides7
  6. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean6
  7. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine5
  8. Lanaudière3
  9. Capitale-Nationale2
  10. Centre-du-Québec1
  11. Mauricie1

What the caterpillar eats

Paper birchBetula papyrifera
Ash-leaf mapleAcer negundo
Bigtooth aspenPopulus grandidentata
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
Silver mapleAcer saccharinum
Black walnutJuglans nigra
TOXIC
Balsam poplarPopulus balsamifera
American basswoodTilia americana
American chestnutCastanea dentata
American beechFagus grandifolia

Similar species

Saddled YellowhornColocasia flavicornis
Laugher MothCharadra deridens
Northern Finned ProminentNotodonta torva
Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar MothLochmaeus manteo
Banded Tussock MothHalysidota tessellaris
Common Gluphisia MothGluphisia septentrionis