Common name: listed here as 'Black-and-red lichen moth.'
Hodges #: 8087.
Identification: Rfw 12.6 mm, basal 1/2 of fw and 1/3 of hw red;
palpi short, ocelli absent.
Similar species: 8083, 8089,
8114,
8125.
Distribution: southern Canada, northern and central U. S.,
southwestward to Mexico.
Hosts: Larvae feed on lichens.
Notes: N.D. specimens are L. p. miniata Packard, 1872.
Eastern specimens of the nominate race have the red replaced by yellow.
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ND, Divide Co., VIII- 2003, K. Anderson. |