Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

4 August 2005   (date of moth capture)  (top)
4 August 2005   11:12PM EST  (bottom)
Both photographs are of the same specimen.

My thanks to Dr. J. Donald Lafontaine of Agriculture Canada for confirming my identification of the specimen illustrated above, which was collected and given to the Canadian National Collection in Ottawa.

Apharetra dentata has a soft purplish gray forewing with some darker gray and brownish shading.  The scalloped antemedial line is black, preceded by pale gray.  A line of black appears to extend outward from near the midpoint of the am line to form a partial outline for the lower end of the orbicular spot.  The reniform spot similarly has a black line at its lower end.  The somewhat jagged postmedial line is black, with some pale gray to white along its outer edge.  The subterminal area has paler gray patches along the outer margin near the apex, and at the anal angle.  The hindwing is yellowish gray.

According to Handfield (1999), the host plant for Apharetra dentata is reported to be blueberry. Handfield indicates an adult flight season from mid-July to early September for my general area.

My sole record to date for Apharetra dentata (each date representing "the night of") is in the table below: