Kebnat
INSECTS

Ashen Pinion

Lithophane antennata

Insects
Native
Ashen Pinion, photo 1 of 5
Ashen Pinion, Caterpillar
Ashen Pinion, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

There are 5 observations of Ashen Pinion in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Outaouais and Abitibi-Témiscamingue, and it has been reported in 3 of the 17 regions. They peak in April and September.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie3
  2. Outaouais1
  3. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1

What the caterpillar eats

Northern red oakQuercus rubra
PearPyrus communis
Sour cherryPrunus cerasus
Sweet cherryPrunus avium
PeachPrunus persica
Sugar mapleAcer saccharum
European plumPrunus domestica
TOXIC
European bird cherryPrunus padus
Black cherryPrunus serotina
Ash-leaf mapleAcer negundo
Silver mapleAcer saccharinum
American plumPrunus americana

Similar species

Grote's PinionLithophane grotei
Bailey's PinionLithophane baileyi
Dowdy PinionLithophane unimoda
American Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidoides
Gold-striped Leaftier MothMachimia tentoriferella
Broad Ashen PinionLithophane laticinerea
Spring Cankerworm MothPaleacrita vernata