Battered Sallow Moth
Sunira verberata (Smith, 1904)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Noctuinae
Identification: forewing similar to Bicolored Sallow (except there are no individuals whose outer half is completely purplish-gray, as in some bicolorago); hindwing usually evenly shaded with gray except for sharply-defined pale strip along costa; some individuals of bicolorago and verberata have virtually identical hindwings -- either mostly gray or entirely gray -- and can't be reliably distinguished by external appearance
Wing Span: 3.0-3.5 cm
Life History:
Flight: late summer and fall
Caterpillar Hosts:
Adult Food:
Habitat: deciduous woodlands
Range: Alaska and British Columbia to Nova Scotia (but missing from Ontario), south in the west to Oregon and Colorado
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Taxonomy Notes: None.
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 11 of 11 verified sightings
Observation date: Sep 23, 2012
Submitted by: Dwaine Wagoner
Region: Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Nov 20, 2023
Observation date: Sep 02, 2022
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Sep 05, 2022
Observation date: Sep 03, 2021
Submitted by: dannynelson94
Region: Bethel, Alaska, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Dec 08, 2021
Observation date: Aug 31, 2020
Submitted by: jsaunders260
Region: Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jan 01, 2021
Observation date: Oct 13, 2019
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Oct 17, 2019
Observation date: Sep 06, 2019
Submitted by: RobertWeeden
Region: Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Sep 08, 2019
Observation date: Sep 03, 2018
Submitted by: J_Martineau
Region: Custer County, Montana, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Jan 28, 2019
Observation date: Oct 12, 2018
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Oct 14, 2018
Observation date: Oct 11, 2018
Submitted by: Kristi DuBois
Region: Missoula County, Montana, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Oct 14, 2018
Observation date: Sep 21, 2016
Submitted by: Rick Sinnott
Region: Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Dec 29, 2016
Observation date: Aug 25, 2016
Submitted by: frogbandit
Region: Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 26, 2016