Bug FAQCheckered Apogeshna Moth
Apogeshna stenialis · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Crambidae
Also called: Checkered Apogeshna
The checkered apogeshna moth has a wingspan of about 17 mm. It is found across the eastern United States and parts of Central America and the Caribbean. Adults fly in spring and summer.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It belongs to the family Crambidae and is known as the checkered apogeshna moth.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
The wingspan is about 17 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It lives from Maine to Florida and west to Alabama, Illinois and Ohio, and also in Mexico, Panama, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range includes the eastern United States from Maine to Florida and west to Alabama, Illinois and Ohio, and it is also native to Mexico, Panama, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 35 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Massachusetts, Alabama, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, New York, Mississippi.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apogeshna_stenialis
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