Common name: listed here as ‘leaf
litter moth.’
Hodges #: 1134.
Identification: Rfw 5.28 mm, antennae without pectin, abdomen with transverse bands of setae,
female retinaculum a series
of forward directed scales between Sc and R, and backward directed scales
on Sc.
Similar species: 1659, 1662, 1662.1, 1665, and 1678.
Distribution: southern Canada and northern United States, also
Eurasia.
Hosts: larvae are detritivores in leaf litter in the Old World.
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ND, Cass Co., north Fargo. 5- VII- 1994, yard lt.,
coll. D. Rider.
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