Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

10 May 2003   10:27PM EST  (top left)
18 April 2003   9:03PM EST  (top right)
28 April 2003   7:31PM EST  (bottom)

Psaphida resumens is predominantly mottled dark and light gray.  Some specimens look overall slightly paler and grainier than others.  The orbicular, claviform and reniform spots are generally well defined and pale gray, sometimes a little darker gray in the center.  The orbicular and claviform spots often touch each other, giving rise to this moth's common name of Figure-Eight Sallow (Covell, 1983).  The subterminal line is whitish and fairly wide, crossed by a black dash near the anal angle.  The hindwing is a fairly light grayish brown, showing a faint post-medial line and sometimes shaded darker near the outer margin.  The area of the thorax has a lengthwise-striped appearance due to the gray and black hairs of the tegulae.

The larvae of Psaphida resumens feed on maples and oaks.  On the basis of my observations in 2003, the adult's flight season in my general area is between about mid-April nearly to mid-May.

I have photographed this species in 2003, on 18, 19, 20, 27 and 28 April, and on 4, 5 and 10 May.  The specimen shown at top right was collected and given to the Canadian National Collection in Ottawa as part of a suite of five Psaphidini species occurring at my location.