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Species Details

Pheosia rimosa

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Common NameBlack-rimmed Prominent, Fissured Prominent SeasonalityAdults on the wing late May through July, larvae June through September. IdentificationA rather large (4.3-6.2 cm. wingspan) mostly dark black-brown and white moth. The forewing is white with a dark strip along the costa, widening near the apex, and along the entire lower margin. Hindwing white with a dark blotch in the anal angle. Some specimens, especially from the mountains, have most of the white on the forwing replaced with pale brown, and these greatly resemble P. portlandia from coastal BC. The two species are not known to occur together, with portlandia replacing rimosa on Vancouver Island and the lower mainland of BC. Both sexes are similar, but females are bit larger, darker and with a narrower antennae.

Scientific Name Pheosia rimosa Common Name Black-rimmed Prominent, Fissured Prominent Habitat Deciduous and mixedwood forest and shrublands. Seasonality Adults on the wing late May through July, larvae June through September. Identification
A rather large (4.3-6.2 cm. wingspan) mostly dark black-brown and white moth. The forewing is white with a dark strip along the costa, widening near the apex, and along the entire lower margin. Hindwing white with a…
A rather large (4.3-6.2 cm. wingspan) mostly dark black-brown and white moth. The forewing is white with a dark strip along the costa, widening near the apex, and along the entire lower margin. Hindwing white with a dark blotch in the anal angle. Some specimens, especially from the mountains, have most of the white on the forwing replaced with pale brown, and these greatly resemble P. portlandia from coastal BC. The two species are not known to occur together, with portlandia replacing rimosa on Vancouver Island and the lower mainland of BC. Both sexes are similar, but females are bit larger, darker and with a narrower antennae.
Life History
Adults are nocturnal and come to light. Fresh adults may be taken late in the season, indicating a very extended emergence, or more likely at least a partial second generation per year. Overwinters as a pupa. The…
Adults are nocturnal and come to light. Fresh adults may be taken late in the season, indicating a very extended emergence, or more likely at least a partial second generation per year. Overwinters as a pupa. The larvae are solitary defoliators of deciduous trees. They have an anal horn and resemble small sphinx larvae.
Conservation A common, widespread species. No concerns. Diet Info No specific Alberta data. Elsewhere in Canada, poplars (especially aspen poplar) and willows (Populus and Salix). Range
Transcontinental across southern Canada, except for the lower mainland of BC and Vancouver Island, south to North Carolina, Nebraska and California. In Alberta, occurs throughout the aspen parklands, the foothills and…
Transcontinental across southern Canada, except for the lower mainland of BC and Vancouver Island, south to North Carolina, Nebraska and California. In Alberta, occurs throughout the aspen parklands, the foothills and mountains and the boreal forest north to at least the Ft. McMurray and northern Peace River areas. There are a number of closely related species in the Palearctic region.

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"Species Details - Pheosia rimosa, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-458/9-441982. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.

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Specimen Information

There are 173 specimens of this Species.

173 results plotted on map in 80 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM2238 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1929-07-08

UASM2249 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1932-07-01

UASM2264 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-01

UASM2290 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Jasper National Park, Pocahontas Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1917-06-15

UASM2291 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Date Collected1919-07-20

UASM2292 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Iosegun Lake Collected ByFuller, E. Date Collected1994-07-18

UASM2294 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cooking Lake Date Collected1918-07-17

UASM2295 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Date Collected1918-05-28

UASM2296 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1924-07-19

UASM2297 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Jasper National Park, Pocahontas Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1918-06-17

UASM2298 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByHocking, Brian Date Collected1955-07-21

UASM2299 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1933-07-11

UASM2300 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cooking Lake Date Collected1918-07-16

UASM2313 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1919-05-25

UASM2314 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Date Collected1918-05-28

UASM2315 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Date Collected1972-07-05

UASM2316 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByR. I. H. Date Collected1933-07-04

UASM2317 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Musreau Lake Collected ByFuller, E. Date Collected1995-07-21

UASM2318 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByHocking, Brian Date Collected1955-07-15

UASM2319 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByFuller, E. Date Collected1994-07-09

UASM2320 - Pheosia rimosa

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Dinosaur Provincial Park Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2000-05-21

Adult Seasonal Distribution