Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

1 July 2005   (date of moth capture)  (left, center and right)
All three photos are of the same specimen.

Epinotia madderana is one of about 25 species of Epinotia that have been recorded from the Ottawa area.  My identification of Epinotia madderana is based on Internet resources and on the description of this species in Forbes, William T.M., The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Primitive Forms, Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces (Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 1923).

Epinotia madderana is described by Forbes (1923) as having a ground color of pale mottled gray, shaded with old rose, and nearly covered with three large rounded patches.  My eye sees a rusty yellowish brown basal area, followed by an area of pinkish gray that is marked by a large angled oval patch of rust brown extending from the costa nearly to the inner margin in the medial area, and by a prominent rounded patch of bright rusty brown resting on the apex and outer margin.  The adjacent colored areas are separated by faint pale lines.  The fringe is also pale.  Forbes (1923) indicates a wingspan of 15 mm.

According to Forbes (1923), the adult Epinotia madderana flies in June and July.  He gives no information as to host plants.

My only record to date for Epinotia madderana (each date representing "the night of") is in the table below: