Pink-bordered yellow

Phytometra rhodarialis

The pink-bordered yellow is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. 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 stray northward.
Pink-bordered Yellow (Phytometra rhodarialis) At a 365 + 395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge. So breathtaking! https://www.jungledragon.com/image/118354/pink-bordered_yellow_phytometra_rhodarialis.html Geotagged,Phytometra rhodarialis,Pink-bordered yellow,Summer,United States

Appearance

The wingspan is about 20 mm. There are two or more generations in Ohio and New Jersey and more generations southward.
Pink-bordered Yellow (Phytometra rhodarialis) At porch lights near an overgrown back yard habitat. Geotagged,Phytometra rhodarialis,Summer,United States

Food

The larvae feed on ''Polygala'' species. Larvae have been reared on ''Polygala lutea'' and ''Polygala mariana''. They fed on flowers and chewed away the parenchyma and other green surface tissues of the square stems but largely ignored leaves.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusPhytometra
SpeciesP. rhodarialis
Photographed in
United States of America