Cisseps fulvicollis

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
The wingspan is between 1 and 1+1/2 in.

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

Life cycle
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

 * Grasses
 * Sedges

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

Subspecies

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

Similar species

 * Ctenucha virginica – Virginia ctenucha