Reniform celaena

Appearance

Forewing dark brown with lighter brown subterminal band and small basal patch; reniform spot either solid white or brown with white outline and white streak in middle; two diverging white lines extend from inner corner of reniform spot into subterminal area (these lines may be lacking in specimens with solid white reniform spot); orbicular spot an oblique rounded rectangle, brown with white outline; pale yellowish-brown patch at apex; hindwing dirty white, shading to gray distally, with dark veins and pale fringe

Distribution

Coast to coast in southern Canada and the northern United States, south in the west to California.

Behavior

Adults are nocturnal and come to lights.

Habitat

Wet meadows, marshes

Reproduction

One generation per year

Food

Larvae feed on sedges (Carex spp.) or rarely cultivated corn.