| Yellow-collared Scape Moth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Cisseps |
| Species: | C. fulvicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cisseps fulvicollis (Hübner, [1818]) |
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The Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) is a species of the Arctiidae family.
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The wingspan of this particular moth is between 29 and 37 mm.
This moth is active during late spring and summer in fields and forest edges throughout Canada south to Texas and Florida.
The caterpillar of this particular species is yellow, brown or black with sparse long, soft, pale setae. It has dark stripes on its back and sides surrounded by yellow or orange stripes.