Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

7/8 September 2005   (date of moth capture)  (top left and bottom left)
11 September 2005   11:48PM EST  (top right)
 9 September 2005   9:17PM EST  (bottom right)
The two photos at left are of the same specimen.

Lithomoia germana has a light gray forewing, streaked and shaded with shades of gray and brown.  The double, white-filled antemedial and postmedial lines are deeply and sharply zigzag.  The median area is crossed by a dark gray-brown shade.  The most prominent marking is the reniform spot, outlined in white and partly white-filled, with brownish areas giving the effect of an eyeball in a socket.  There is some pale brownish shading along the costal edge and in the subterminal area.  The hindwing is dirty gray-beige, shaded darker towards the outer margin.

At rest, Lithomoia germana often rolls its wings around its body and takes on the appearance of a small twig sprouting from whatever surface it's sitting on.  Even in this furled position, however, the whitish reniform spot is a useful clue for identification.

According to Handfield (1999), the larvae of Lithomoia germana have been reported to feed on a variety of trees and woody shrubs, including poplar, willow, birch, alder, blueberry and others.  Also, the adults have been reported to nectar at goldenrod flowers.  Handfield notes that this species hibernates in the adult stage, with adult flight seasons from about mid-April to early May, and from mid-August into the beginning of October for my general area.

My records to date for Lithomoia germana (each date representing "the night of") are in the table below: