Common name: listed here as ‘Primrose
mompha.’
Hodges #: 1443.
Identification: Rfw 6.48 mm, fw with black basal and median
costal spots; palpi white, 2nd segment brownish-black at
base, 3rd segment with two black rings.
Similar species: none known from ND.
Distribution: southern Canada and eastern United States.
Hosts: larvae feed on Oenothera spp.– evening primroses.
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ND, Richland Co., Iron pond, Sheyenne Natl.
grasslands, 19- VI- 1993, Hg/ UV lt., coll. G. Fauske.
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