Common name: listed here as ‘Prairie
sage flower moth.’
Hodges #: 11192.
Identification: Rfw 13.25 mm, ground
color white, hw with discal spot and terminal line sharply marked.
Similar species: 11190.1, 11193, 11195, and 11199.
Distribution: western plains from southern Canada to Texas and
Arizona, rarely west of the continental divide.
Hosts: Reported ovipositing on Artemisia frigida Willd.–
Prairie sage.
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ND, Ransom Co. Buchstad allotment, Sheyenne
Natl. grasslands. 31- VII- 1992. Hg/ UV light, coll. D. Cuthrell.
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