Common name: Large sod webworm moth.
Hodges #: 5413.
Identification: Rfw 14.2 mm, fw tawny with gray-blue along inner
margin; fringe brown, cut by white opposite veins; proboscis with scales
at base.
Similar species: 5379, 5380, 5381, 5417, and 5435.
Distribution: southern Canada and temperate United States.
Hosts: Larvae feed on Poaceae– grasses.
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ND, Richland Co., 12 mi. E Owego, Sheyenne Natl.
grasslands. 26- VIII- 1999. Hg/ UV light, Coll. G. Fauske.
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