Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Erebidae
930402 – 8229   Cycnia collaris (Fitch, 1857)

© Gretchen Grammar
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Hyphantria collaris Fitch, 1857
Euchetes inopinatus Edwards, 1882
Euchaetes nivalis Stretch, 1906
Euchaetes pudens Edwards, 1882
Ammalo tenerosa Dyar, 1913
Taxonomic Notes: Cycnia collaris (Fitch, 1857) includes as synonyms 8228 Cycnia inopinatus and 8229.1 Cycnia tenerosa in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015), ZooKeys. 527: 134.
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Edwards, H., 1882. New species of Heterocera. Papilio: The organ of the New York Entomological Club, 2: 13.
  • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
  • Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2015. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III. ZooKeys, 527: 127-147.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
Cycnia collaris
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Cycnia collaris
© Gretchen Grammer
Cycnia collaris
© Ken Childs
Cycnia collaris
LG – © Jim Troubridge
Cycnia collaris
26mm – © Jim Vargo
Cycnia collaris
26mm – © Jim Vargo
Cycnia collaris
© Howell Curtis

Cycnia collaris
© Charles Lewallen

Cycnia collaris
© Jane & John Balaban LG


Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone