Moths of North Dakota

Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini


Grammia favorita (Neumoegen 1890)

Common name: listed here as 'Favorite tiger moth.'

Hodges #: 8193, as Apantesis favorita (Neumoegen).

Identification: Rfw 18.9 mm, fw streaks and transverse lines pale salmon pink with white edging, transverse line at end of discal cell straight, veins not marked with white, hw ground color pinkish red, pro-tibiae black dorsally.

Similar species: 8179, 8182, 8186, 8195, 8196, 8197.

Distribution: Northern Great Plains and foothills of the Rockies..

Hosts: not recorded.

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

 

SD, Fall River Co., Angustora Reservoir State Recreation Area.  Hg/UV lt. 13- VI- 2002, coll. G. Fauske.

 

 

 

  
 

 

 


Last updated: 01/23/07

Gerald M. Fauske
Research Specialist
NDSU
202 Hultz Hall
Fargo, ND 58105
E-Mail: Gerald.Fauske@ndsu.nodak.edu

 
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