Kebnat
INSECTS

Red-breasted Dart

Protolampra rufipectus

Insects
Native
Red-breasted Dart, photo 1 of 5
Red-breasted Dart, Adult
Red-breasted Dart, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

There are 20 observations of Red-breasted Dart in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Lanaudière and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 4 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to June.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue15
  2. Lanaudière2
  3. Capitale-Nationale2
  4. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1

What the caterpillar eats

White meadowsweetSpiraea alba
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides

Similar species

Brown-collared DartProtolampra brunneicollis
Soothsayer DartGraphiphora augur