| Moths of North Dakota |
Saturniidae: Hemileucinae |
Hemileuca hera (Harris 1841)
| Common name: Sagebrush sheep moth.
Hodges #: 7741. Identification: Rfw 36.3 mm. wings cream white with veins and transverse lines black– this is a camouflage pattern when resting on stem of host plant. Similar species: none in North Dakota. Distribution: Rocky mountain states and southern provinces of Canada to southern Saskatchewan and western 1/3 of the Dakotas. Hosts: Larvae feed on Artemisia tridentata Nutt.– Big sagebrush.
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ND, Slope Co., Pretty Butte, Little Missouri Natl. grasslands, 5- VIII- 1966, coll. W. Cushing.
ND, Slope Co., Burning Coal vein. 9- VIII- 1997, pic. G. Fauske. ex. Artemisia tridentata.
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