Genus Pholisora Scudder (the Sooty-wing)
(1) Pholisora catullus (Fabricius), Plate CXXXIV, Fig. 1, ♀ (The Common Sooty-wing).
Easily recognizable by means of our figure. Expanse 0.80-1.15 inch.
The caterpillar feeds on “lamb’s-quarter” (Chenopodium).
Ranges over all temperate North America.
(2) Pholisora hayhursti (Edwards), Plate CXXXIV, Fig. 2, ♀ (Hayhurst’s Sooty-wing).
Easily distinguished from preceding by white color of under side of abdomen as well as by the different arrangement of spots on fore wing. Expanse 0.90-1.15 inch.
Ranges from Pennsylvania to the Gulf as far as the Rocky Mountains.
(3) Pholisora lybia Scudder, Plate CXXXIV, Fig. 3, ♂ (The Mohave Sooty-wing).
Distinguished from the two preceding by the white fringes of the wings and by the markings of the upper side. Expanse 0.80-1.40 inch.
Found from western Texas to Nevada and Arizona.
(4) Pholisora alpheus (Edwards), Plate CXXXIV, Fig. 4, ♂ (New Mexican Sooty-wing).
More checkered on the upper side than the other species, tip of fore wing white. Expanse 0.95-1.00 inch.
Ranges from New Mexico to Arizona.