Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

4 June 2003   10:37PM EDT  (top)
28 May 2003   11:31PM EDT  (bottom left)
25 May 2003   10:37PM EDT  (bottom right)

Condica vecors is one of two species of Condica known to occur in the Ottawa area, and from my own observation, it is the more common of the two at my location.

Condica vecors, sometimes called the Dusky Groundling, has forewings mottled in dark brown and black.  The antemedial and postmedial lines are discernible as discontinuous dark brown lines, with a line of whitish dots sometimes visible along the outer edge of the pm line.  The terminal line is usually marked with whitish dots.  The orbicular spot is not at all obvious, but the lower half of the reniform spot is filled with white and the reniform spot is also sometimes partially defined by a brownish to whitish outline.  The hindwing is darkish gray-brown with a light, whitish fringe.

The host plant for the larvae of Condica vecors is apparently unknown.  According to Handfield (1999) the adult's main flight season in my general area is from the last 10 days of May until the end of June, with a partial second generation flying from late July to late August.  At my location, however, the first flight season seems to begin about mid-May, and I have not yet observed this species in July or August.

I have photographed this species in 2000 on 2 June; in 2002, on 16, 17, 28, 29 and 31 May; in 2003, on 18, 19, 25, 27, 28 and 30 May, and on 4, 5, 10, 13, 14, 16 and 18 June.