Kebnat
INSECTS

Dot-and-Dash Swordgrass Moth

Xylena curvimacula

Insects
Native
Dot-and-Dash Swordgrass Moth, Adult
Dot-and-Dash Swordgrass Moth, Adult
Dot-and-Dash Swordgrass Moth, Adult

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

There are 123 observations of Dot-and-Dash Swordgrass Moth in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 11 of the 17 regions. They peak in May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue68
  2. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine20
  3. Capitale-Nationale9
  4. Estrie8
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent7
  6. Montérégie4
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  8. Côte-Nord2
  9. Centre-du-Québec1
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  11. Outaouais1

What the caterpillar eats

Paper birchBetula papyrifera
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
White meadowsweetSpiraea alba
NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius
ChokecherryPrunus virginiana

Similar species

American Swordgrass MothXylena nupera