A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (6/8/2018).
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/7/2018).
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/30/2019).
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/16/2014).
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/14/2013).
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Wicomico Co., Maryland (7/17/2014).
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/15/2015).
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (4/28/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth.
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth.
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A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (6/8/2018).
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A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/7/2018).
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A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/30/2019).
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A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/16/2014).
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Scott Housten.
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/14/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Wicomico Co., Maryland (7/17/2014).
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Mike Burchett.
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/15/2015).
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Scott Housten.
A Pink-bordered Yellow Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (4/28/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Phytometra rhodarialis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Phytometra |
| Species: | P. rhodarialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phytometra rhodarialis Walker, 1859
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Phytometra rhodarialis, the pink-bordered yellow, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found from southern Ontario in Canada and Missouri and New Hampshire in the United States, south to Florida and Texas in the United States, possibly only as a stray northward.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. There are two or more generations in Ohio and New Jersey and more generations southward.
The larvae feed on Polygala species. Larvae have been reared on Polygala lutea and Polygala mariana.
References
[edit]- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
- Cresswell, Stephen (July 14, 2017). "Species Phytometra rhodarialis - Pink-Bordered Yellow - Hodges#8481". BugGuide. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- "930717.00 – 8481 – Phytometra rhodarialis – Pink-Bordered Yellow Moth – (Walker, 1859)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 8, 2019.