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INSECTS

Dark-spotted Palthis Moth

Palthis angulalis

Insects
Native
Dark-spotted Palthis Moth, photo 1 of 5
Dark-spotted Palthis Moth, Caterpillar
Dark-spotted Palthis Moth, Male
20–26 mmWingspan

Butterfly or moth in the family Erebidae with a wingspan of 20–26 mm. Feeds on plants.

There are 527 observations of Dark-spotted Palthis Moth in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Montérégie and Estrie, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue99
  2. Montérégie84
  3. Estrie73
  4. Outaouais57
  5. Capitale-Nationale55
  6. Montréal37
  7. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine30
  8. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean26
  9. Laurentides19
  10. Bas-Saint-Laurent19
  11. Mauricie9
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches7
  13. Côte-Nord5
  14. Centre-du-Québec4
  15. Lanaudière2
  16. Nord-du-Québec1

What the caterpillar eats

Sugar mapleAcer saccharum
HophornbeamOstrya virginiana
Balsam firAbies balsamea
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
Pin cherryPrunus pensylvanica
White ashFraxinus americana
Gray birchBetula populifolia
Black Hills sprucePicea glauca
Jack pinePinus banksiana
ChokecherryPrunus virginiana
ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis
SaskatoonAmelanchier alnifolia

Similar species

Faint-spotted Palthis MothPalthis asopialis
Ambiguous MothLascoria ambigualis
Variegated MidgetElaphria versicolor
Rustic QuakerOrthodes majuscula
Lost OwletLedaea perditalis
Blinded SphinxPaonias excaecata