Common name: Pearly-winged lichen moth.
Hodges #: 8051.
Identification: Rfw 17.1 mm, Palpi short, ocelli absent, vertex
white; fw with only two veins arising from lower half of discal cell;
ground color is 'flat white' not lustrous.
Similar species: 8053, 5392, 5343, 1011,
198.
Distribution: Southern Canada, northern and central U.S.
Hosts: Larvae feed on lichens.
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ND, Williams Co., Williston Expt. sta. UV light trap. 2- IX- 1986, coll. G. Fauske.
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