| Moths of North Dakota |
Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Eucosmini |
Eucosma ridingsana (Robinson 1869)
| Common name: listed here as ‘Snakeweed
borer.’
Hodges #: 3014. Identification: Rfw 8.4 mm, fw orange-brown with silvery blotches, median and cubital veins convergent at outer margen. Palpi not longer than head, abdomen without tympanum. Similar species: 3030, 3035, 3149, 5342, and 5408. Distribution: Great Plains states and provinces, eastward in prairie habitats. Hosts: Larvae bore in roots of Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh.) Britt. & Rusby– Broom smartweed. Records from Sarcobatus spp.– greesewood may refer to another species.
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ND, Slope Co., Burning coal vein. 31- vii- 1999. Hg/ UV light, Coll. G. Fauske.
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