Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

1 July 2003  11:30PM

Oxycilla malaca has a pale tan forewing with wavy white antemedial, postmedial and subterminal lines.  The postmedial line has a single deep outward curve.  The outer two-thirds of the median is medium brown, against which the orange reniform spot is readily apparent.  There is a blotch of white near the apex, below which there is some medium brown shading outside the subterminal line.  The hindwing is pale grayish tan.  I estimate the wingspan to be about 2 cm or slightly more.

The host plant for Oxycilla malaca is apparently unknown.  For my general area, Handfield (1999) indicates two generations per year, with flight seasons from early to late June, and from mid-August to late September.

I have recorded this species only once, in 2003, on 1 July.