Kebnat
INSECTS

Bicolored Sallow

Sunira bicolorago

Insects
Native
Bicolored Sallow, photo 1 of 5
Bicolored Sallow, Caterpillar
Bicolored Sallow, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

There are 225 observations of Bicolored Sallow in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in September and October.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie50
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue49
  3. Capitale-Nationale25
  4. Estrie23
  5. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine20
  6. Montréal19
  7. Laurentides14
  8. Outaouais7
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  10. Laval3
  11. Lanaudière3
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent3
  13. Côte-Nord3
  14. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  15. Centre-du-Québec1

What the caterpillar eats

DEADLY
Cultivated tobaccoNicotiana tabacum
Silver mapleAcer saccharinum
American plumPrunus americana
PeachPrunus persica
TOXIC
Curly dockRumex crispus

Similar species

Dotted SallowAnathix ralla
Corn Earworm MothHelicoverpa zea
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Bronzed Cutworm MothNephelodes minians
Yellow Three-SpotApamea helva
Scalloped SallowEucirroedia pampina
Armyworm MothPseudaletia unipuncta
Variable SallowSericaglaea signata
Otter Spiramater MothSpiramater lutra
Poplar Catkin SallowAnathix puta
Signate QuakerTricholita signata
Speckled Green Fruitworm MothOrthosia hibisci