Kidney-spotted Rustic Moth

Helotropha reniformis · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Noctuidae

Also called: Reniform Celaena Moth, Reniform Celaena

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Kidney-spotted Rustic Moth
Photo: Teá Montagna, CC BY

The kidney-spotted rustic moth was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Augustus Radcliffe Grote described the species in 1874.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This moth lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 25 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Wisconsin, Montana.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Kidney-spotted Rustic Moth photo 2
Photo: Roger Rittmaster, CC BY
Kidney-spotted Rustic Moth photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Kidney-spotted Rustic Moth photo 4
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY
Kidney-spotted Rustic Moth photo 5
Photo: Jeff Hansen, CC BY

Same family (Noctuidae)

Ipsilon Dart MothIpsilon Dart MothAgrotis ipsilonDamages trees, gardens or cropsFall Armyworm MothFall Armyworm MothSpodoptera frugiperdaDamages trees, gardens or cropsArmy Cutworm MothArmy Cutworm MothEuxoa auxiliarisDamages trees, gardens or cropsLarge Yellow UnderwingLarge Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronubaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSilver ΥSilver ΥAutographa gammaAmerican DaggerAmerican DaggerAcronicta americanaCan irritate skin

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helotropha_reniformis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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