Black-Spotted Lithacodia

Several other reference photos of this species show the central patch on the moth's back as varying shades from tan to green.

It feeds on smartweed.

At the time our copy of the Holland reference was printed in 1903, it stated that the only species of lithacodia found in the United States was l. belliculus, the bog lithacodia. Covell's field guide (1984) shows 6 lithacodia species, including this one.