The July flight period is much earlier than the September-October flights of the related, described species False Hemlock Looper Moth and Boreal Pine Looper Moth.
From Glaser et al. and Moths of Maryland: Common. Most specimens collected on the lower Eastern Shore. Baltimore, Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot and Worcester Counties. June 8th to July 28th.
Also from Glaser et al.: Wing span is 26 to 28 mm, much smaller than N. pellucidaria. The late Douglas Ferguson thought that this wasn't even the correct species [sic]. He was going to revise the genus but never got to it. Reared from Pinus taeda.
Larval hosts are likely pines (Pinus).
There are 27 records in the project database.
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