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Erebidae 930440 – 8267   Cisseps fulvicollis (Hübner, [1818])              Yellow-collared Scape Moth

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Larva and Host Plants: Host familiy: Bromus Eleocharis Eupatorium[unresolved] Festuca Juncus Solidago Stenotaphrum Zea.  Host genera: Bromus Eleocharis Eupatorium[unresolved] Festuca Juncus Solidago Stenotaphrum Zea.  Host extended: Bromus, Eleocharis, Eupatorium.[unassigned], Festuca, Juncus, Lichens, Solidago, Stenotaphrum, Zea.  Host extended: grasses (Heppner 2007); primarily grasses, maybe sedges (Powell & Opler 2009); specialist feeding on.  (Kimberley & Douglas 2025) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: fulvicollis (Hübner, [1818]) (Glaucopis) - MONA 1983: 8267 cocklei (Dyar, 1904) (Scepsis) gravis (Edwards, 1886) (Scepsis) matthewi (Edwards, 1873) (Scepsis) packardii (Grote, 1865) (Scepsis) - MONA 1983: [8268] pallens (Edwards, 1886) (Scepsis) semidiaphana (Harris, 1839) (Glaucopis) wrightii (Stretch, 1885) (Scepsis) - MONA 1983: [8269] Taxonomic Notes: Cisseps fulvicollis (Hübner, [1818]) includes as synonyms 8268 Cisseps packardii and 8269 Cisseps wrightii in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015), ZooKeys. 527: 127-147.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. 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. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 49.6m, 49.7m; p. 274. Book Review and ordering Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths Species Page at iNaturalist Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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