A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/29/2012).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/6/2014).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/10/2013)

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/14/2017).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (10/3/2009).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (9/27/2019).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/1/2007).

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Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/20/2016).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/14/2013).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/11/2014).

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Yellow-collared Scape Moths in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/2/2019).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (7/8/2015).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Legato, Virginia (11/18/2007).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (7/16/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/14/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 300908 - Psn: 45)

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (11/6/2015).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/1/2013).

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Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/8/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 185443 - Psn: 52)

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Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/27/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 767327 - Psn: 52)

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/27/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/20/2015).

View Record Details Photo by Pauline Horn MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/12/2014).

View Record Details Photo by Jesse Christopherson MBP List

A Yellow-collared Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/27/2014).

View Record Details Photo by Bill Adams MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/12/2015).

View Record Details Photo by Tyler Bell MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (11/3/2013).

View Record Details Photo by Scott Housten MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/4/2013).

View Record Details Photo by Mike Burchett MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2016).

View Record Details Photo by Jim Wilkinson MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/3/2003).

View Record Details Photo by Bob Patterson MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/6/2003).

View Record Details Photo by Arlene Ripley MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth collected in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/3/2002).

View Record Details Photo by Mark Etheridge MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/22/2004).

View Record Details Photo by Larry Line MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (5/11/2011). Determined by Jo Solem.

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A Yellow-Collared Scape Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (6/2/2012). Determined by Jo Solem.

View Record Details Photo by Bonnie Ott MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (6/22/2016). Determined by John and Jane Balaban/BugGuide.

View Record Details Photo by Sue Muller MBP List

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth caterpillar in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/7/2012). Determined by Ilona Loser/BugGuide.

View Record Details Photo by Thomas Wilson MBP List

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) Rin Wolfe, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/'>CC BY-NC-SA</a>). (Photo ID: 433674 - Psn: 200)

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) Rin Wolfe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA).

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Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) belby, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 433676 - Psn: 200)

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) belby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) jlgoch, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 433677 - Psn: 200)

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) jlgoch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) Rin Wolfe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA).

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Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Kent Co., Maryland (4/21/2023). (c) kbarylski, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 818350 - Psn: 200)

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Kent Co., Maryland (4/21/2023). (c) kbarylski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Status

Common and documented statewide.

Description

Virginia Ctenucha is larger with a metallic blue thorax.

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A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/29/2012). View Record Details Media by Barbara Thurlow.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/6/2014). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/10/2013) View Record Details Media by Wendy Crowe.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/14/2017). View Record Details Media by Anthony VanSchoor.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (10/3/2009). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (9/27/2019). View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/1/2007). View Record Details Media by Thomas Wilson.

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/20/2016). View Record Details Media by Tyler Bell.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/14/2013). View Record Details Media by Nancy Magnusson.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/11/2014). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

Yellow-collared Scape Moths in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/2/2019). View Record Details Media by Pauline Horn.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (7/8/2015). View Record Details Media by Barbara Speckart.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Legato, Virginia (11/18/2007). Media by Ashley Bradford.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (7/16/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Shannon Schade.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (11/6/2015). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/1/2013). View Record Details Media by Mike Burchett.

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/27/2022). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/20/2015). View Record Details Media by Pauline Horn.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/12/2014). View Record Details Media by Jesse Christopherson.

A Yellow-collared Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/27/2014). View Record Details Media by Bill Adams.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/12/2015). View Record Details Media by Tyler Bell.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (11/3/2013). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/4/2013). View Record Details Media by Mike Burchett.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2016). View Record Details Media by Jim Wilkinson.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/3/2003). View Record Details Media by Bob Patterson.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/6/2003). View Record Details Media by Arlene Ripley.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth collected in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/3/2002). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/22/2004). View Record Details Media by Larry Line.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (5/11/2011). Determined by Jo Solem. View Record Details Media by Bonnie Ott.

A Yellow-Collared Scape Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (6/2/2012). Determined by Jo Solem. View Record Details Media by Bonnie Ott.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth caterpillar in Howard Co., Maryland (6/22/2016). Determined by John and Jane Balaban/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Sue Muller.

A Yellow-collared Scape Moth caterpillar in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/7/2012). Determined by Ilona Loser/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Thomas Wilson.

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) Rin Wolfe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). View Record Details Media by rinwolfe via iNaturalist.

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) belby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Bonnie Bell.

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) jlgoch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by jlgoch via iNaturalist.

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) Rin Wolfe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). View Record Details Media by rinwolfe via iNaturalist.

Yellow-collared Scape Moth in Kent Co., Maryland (4/21/2023). (c) kbarylski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by kbarylski via iNaturalist.

Source: Wikipedia

Yellow-collared scape moth

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Cisseps
Species:	C. fulvicollis
Binomial name
*Cisseps fulvicollis* (Hübner, 1818)
Synonyms
Glaucopis fulvicollis Hübner, [1818] Glaucopis semidiaphana Harris, 1839 Scepsis pallens H. Edwards, 1886

Cisseps fulvicollis, the yellow-collared scape moth, is a species of the family Erebidae and subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.

Description

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The wingspan is between 1 and 1+1⁄2 inches (25 and 38 mm).^[1]

Distribution

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This moth is active during late spring and summer in fields and forest edges throughout Canada south to Texas and Florida.

Life cycle

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The caterpillar is yellow, brown or black with sparse long, soft, pale setae. It has dark stripes on its back and sides surrounded by yellow or orange stripes.

Larval foods

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Range

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It is widespread in North America, including the southeastern US, where the Virginia ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) is absent.

Subspecies

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Cisseps fulvicollis fulvicollis
Cisseps fulvicollis pallens (H. Edwards, 1886)

Similar species

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Ctenucha virginica – Virginia ctenucha

Images

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Yellow-collared scape moth
With visible proboscis
For comparison Virginia ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica)
With folded wings
Caterpillar

References

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^ "Field Guide: Yellow-Collared Scape Moth". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

Evans, Arthur V. (2007). "Butterflies and Moths: Order Lepidoptera". Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America. Sterling Publishing Co. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-4027-4153-1.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cisseps fulvicollis.

Cotinis (May 23, 2018). "Species Cisseps fulvicollis - Yellow-collared Scape Moth - Hodges#8267". BugGuide. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
Cisseps fulvicollis, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images
Cisseps fulvicollis, Discover Life

Taxon identifiers
Cisseps fulvicollis	Wikidata: Q2974342 BAMONA: Cisseps-fulvicollis BOLD: 10534 BugGuide: 447 EPPO: CISSFU GBIF: 1810469 iNaturalist: 119789 IRMNG: 11178617 ITIS: 938199 LepIndex: 30973 MONA: 8267 NatureServe: 2.1102971 NCBI: 95207 Observation.org: 96153 Open Tree of Life: 731481

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Yellow-collared Scape Moth

Cisseps fulvicollis (Hübner, [1818])

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