Moths of North Dakota

Common name: Phyllira tiger moth.

Hodges #: 8194, 8195, as Apantesis phyllira and A. oithona.

Identification: Rfw 16.2 mm, fw streaks and transverse lines pale salmon pink with white edging, transverse line at end of discal cell straight, hw ground color pinkish red, pro-tibiae black dorsally.

Similar species: 8179, 8182, 8186, 8193, 8196, 8197.

Distribution: southern Canada and temperate United States east of the Rockies.

Hosts: Larvae feed on Castilleja spp.– paintcup (Scrophulariaceae) and other herbaceous plants.

Note: Specimens having fw veins marked with white, and occurring west of the Appalachians were previously considered to be a separate species, G. oithona (Strecker). See-- The Grammia complex in North Dakota.

ND, Ransom Co., Berg allotment, Sheyenne Natl. grasslands, T134N R57W Sec. 22. Hg/UV lt. 12- VI- 1992, coll. G. Fauske.

Note pale line at end of discal cell straight.

Ventral view of G. phyllira showing black protibiae.