Moths of North Dakota

Noctuidae: Heliothentinae

Heliothis phloxiphagus Grote & Robinson 1867

Common name: listed here as ‘Common phlox moth.’

Hodges #: 11072.

Identification: Rfw 15.9 mm, fw with median shade sharply angled at reniform and concave to inner margin, shade touches proximal side of reniform; hw ground color pale pink to whitish; male vesica with two basal diverticula.

Similar species: 11068, 11072.1, 11077.

Distribution: southern Canada to central Mexico.

Hosts: larvae are extremely polyphagous.

 

moth image

ND, Williams Co., Williston, 7- VI- 1983, UV lt. trap.

 

moth map

  Moth county records  

  Host plant county records
 

Last updated: 03/27/02

Gerald M. Fauske
Research Specialist
NDSU
202 Hultz Hall
Fargo, ND 58105
E-Mail: Gerald.Fauske@ndsu.nodak.edu

 
Published by the Department of Entomology 


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