Genus PHOLISORA Scudder
(The Sooty-wing).
PL. CXXXIV
(1) Pholisora catullus (Fabricius), [Plate CXXXIV], Fig. 1, ♀ (The Common Sooty-wing).
Easily recognizable by means of our figure. Expanse 0.80-1.15 inch.
The caterpillar feeds on “lamb’s-quarter” ( Chenopodium).
Ranges over all temperate North America.
(2) Pholisora hayhursti (Edwards), [Plate CXXXIV], Fig. 2, ♀ (Hayhurst’s Sooty-wing).
Easily distinguished from preceding by white color of under side of abdomen as well as by the different arrangement of spots on fore wing. Expanse 0.90-1.15 inch.
Ranges from Pennsylvania to the Gulf as far as the Rocky Mountains.