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| Phaon Crescent |
Latin
Name: Phyciodes phaon |
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Genus: Phyciodes Species: phaon |
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Comments: |
| The Phaon Crescent remains close to its low-growing host. Adults have a low, rapid flight and are easily disturbed. Males perch on low vegetation and frequently patrol for females. They occasionally gather at moist ground. The larvae are gregarious when young but become solitary towards maturity. |
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Life
Cycle: |
Broods: |
multiple generations |
Egg: |
light green, laid in clusters on the underside of host leaves |
Larva: |
amber brown with dark brown lines and short, branched spines |
Host Plants: |
Frogfruit |
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Host
Plants: |
Host
Plants: |
Frogfruit |
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Habitat: |
Habitat: |
open, disturbed sites including roadsides, old fields, moist ditches, utility easements, fallow agricultural land and pond edges |
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Wingspan: |
Inches: |
.9 - 1.25 |
Centimeters: |
2.3 - 3.2 |
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Appearance: |
Sexes: |
similar |
Compare: |
Pearl Crescent is tawny orange below and lacks dorsal cream postmedian forewing band. |
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| Markings: |
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Above:
- orange with dark spots, bands and wing borders; forewing has pale yellow orange postmedian band
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Below:
- seasonally variable; cream with brown bands, spots and patches; winter-form has increased brown coloration on ventral hindwings
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Abundance: |
occasional to common; locally abundant |
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Map Legend: Resident (green) | Stray
(Red) |
