Common name: listed here as ‘Lesser dark burrowing-webworm.’ Hodges #: 334.
Identification: Rfw 8.5 mm, fw mottled with dark patch at end of
discal cell, both wings with media stem in discal cell; labial palpi
upturned, with massive tuft on 2nd segment; vestiture of
vertex of roughened scales, vestiture of frons upturned.
Similar species: at present, none known from North Dakota.
Distribution: temperate eastern U. S.
Host: unknown, probably a subsoil root feeder or detritivore.
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ND, Cass Co., north Fargo. 12- VI- 1994,
UV lt., coll. G. Fauske.
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