Common name: Pale lichen moth.
Hodges #: 8045.1.
Identification: Rfw 11.6 mm, ground color fws brown, veins paler;
hws gray with yellow fringe. Fw have only two veins arising from lower
half of discal cell, cubitus 'bifid'. Head with palpi short, ocelli
absent.
Similar species: 8043, 5399,
5403.
Distribution: Southern Canada and eastern U.S. to the eastern edge
of the Great Plains.
Hosts: Larvae feed on lichens.
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ND, Ransom Co., Little Yellowstone State Park.
Hg/UV lt. 25- VII- 2001, coll. G. Fauske.
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