Moths of North Dakota

Common name: Blake's tiger moth.

Hodges #: 8185 as Apantesis blakei (Grote).

Identification: Rfw 13 mm, smallest Grammia, fw with one transverse line nearly reaching inner margin, hw yellow with a black discal spot and a second median spot in cell CuA₂, pro-tibia white dorsally.

Similar species: 8179, 8182, 8186, 8187.

Distribution: Great Plains and Intermontane region from southern Canada into the southwestern United States.

Hosts: a variety of herbaceous plants including: Medicago sativa-- alfalfa, and Triticum aestivum-- wheat.

Note: See-- The Grammia complex in North Dakota.

ND, McLean Co., Garrison Local Training Area, 11 mi WSW Garrison. 47 36 25 N. Lat, 101 33 57 W Long. Hg/UV lt. 28- VI- 2002. coll. P. Beauzay.

ND, Billings Co., 13- VI- 1962.