Common name: American ermine moth.
Hodges #: 2420.
Identification: Rfw 9.17 mm, fw with accessory cell, proboscis
without scales.
Similar species: 200, 999.
Distribution: U. S. east of Great Plains, more common southward.
Hosts: larvae construct communal webs in Euonymus atropurpurea
Jocq.– Wahoo (on map) and Vibernum– Nannyberry/ highbush cranberry.
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ND, Richland Co., Iron pond, Sheyenne Natl.
grasslands, larva ex. Verbena sp., coll. G. Fauske.
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