Bug FAQCollared Arches Moth
Lacinipolia strigicollis · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Noctuidae
The collared arches moth is native to North America. It lives in habitats across North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It lives in habitats across North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
The collared arches moth is native to North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 13 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Arizona, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, Washington, Utah, New Mexico.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacinipolia_strigicollis
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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.