Kebnat
INSECTS

Dowdy Pinion

Lithophane unimoda

Insects
Native
Dowdy Pinion, Adult
Dowdy Pinion, Caterpillar
Dowdy Pinion, Adult

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

There are 34 observations of Dowdy Pinion in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Montérégie and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 7 of the 17 regions. They peak in April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue20
  2. Montérégie5
  3. Capitale-Nationale4
  4. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  6. Outaouais1
  7. Côte-Nord1

What the caterpillar eats

Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
Pin cherryPrunus pensylvanica
ChokecherryPrunus virginiana
TOXIC
European bird cherryPrunus padus
Black cherryPrunus serotina
PearPyrus communis
European plumPrunus domestica

Similar species

Grote's PinionLithophane grotei
Ashen PinionLithophane antennata
American Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidoides
Fall Armyworm MothSpodoptera frugiperda