Broken-lined Brocade
Mesapamea fractilinea (Grote, 1874)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Hadeninae
Identification: Brown to blackish. Reinform spot mottled black and white with rounded white upper edge.
Wing Span: 2.6-3.3 cm
Life History:
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Larva (Lined Stalk Borer) is sometimes a pest on corn and timothy.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Maine and Quebec to Florida, west to Ontario, Minnesota, and Mississippi.
Conservation:
NCGR: Not yet ranked.
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Verified Sightings
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Observation date: Jul 01, 2005
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Steven Johnson)
Region: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 02, 2016
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Observation date: Jul 06, 1999
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Steven Johnson)
Region: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 02, 2016
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Observation date: Aug 18, 2006
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Steven Johnson)
Region: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Feb 02, 2016
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Observation date: Aug 21, 2015
Submitted by: Jim Eckert
Region: Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: Jim Eckert
Verified date: Aug 22, 2015
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Observation date: Aug 15, 2015
Submitted by: Jarchibold
Region: Saratoga County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Aug 17, 2015
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Observation date: Aug 09, 2015
Submitted by: franpope
Region: Garrett County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 17, 2015
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Observation date: Aug 17, 2013
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Jerry McWilliams)
Region: Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 01, 2015
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Observation date: Jun 05, 2014
Submitted by: Tom Middagh
Region: Clay County, South Dakota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Feb 03, 2015
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Observation date: Aug 03, 2014
Submitted by: Sue Gregoire
Region: Schuyler County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Jan 12, 2015
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Observation date: Sep 14, 2013
Submitted by: Ken Childs
Region: Chester County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Ken Childs
Verified date: Sep 27, 2014
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Observation date: Aug 01, 2014
Submitted by: Tom Middagh
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Sep 19, 2014
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Observation date: Aug 26, 2010
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 19, 2014
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Observation date: Aug 01, 2013
Submitted by: Ilona L.
Region: Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Jan 29, 2014
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Observation date: Aug 15, 2012
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Rory Bower)
Region: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 05, 2012
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Observation date: Aug 19, 2008
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 23, 2011
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Observation date: Jul 01, 2005
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 23, 2011
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Observation date: Aug 12, 2007
Submitted by: H.D. McGuinness (H.D. McGuinness)
Region: Suffolk County, New York, United States
Verified by: H.D. McGuinness (H.D. McGuinness)
Verified date: Jul 08, 2009
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Observation date: May 15, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Jasper County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (James Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
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Observation date: Jan 01, 1970
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Richard B. Dominick Moth and Butterfly Collection)
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Dr. F. Lance Wallace of The Citadel, Charleston SC)
Verified date: Dec 13, 2007
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