Bug FAQTawny Bantam
Noctueliopsis bububattalis · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Crambidae
The tawny bantam has a wingspan of about 17 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Forewings are dark maroon-brown with a central white line, a marginal white line, and two small spots before the middle. Hindwings are dark fuscous.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
The wingspan measures roughly 17 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
When you see it
Adults are on the wing from February to May.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range is in North America, specifically the listed western U.S. states.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 7 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Oklahoma.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctueliopsis_bububattalis
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Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.