Common name: Yellow-banded underwing.
Hodges #: 8802.
Identification: Rfw 32.7 mm, hw with a single even yellow-orange
band.
Similar species: 8796.
Distribution: southern Canada and northern United States east of
the Rockies.
Hosts: Larvae feed on Tilia spp.– Basswood. Another host
may be involved as moths are found far from basswood plantings.
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ND, Richland Co., Iron pond, Sheyenne Natl.
grasslands. 4- VIII- 1997. Hg/UV lt. coll. G. Fauske. [note
expanded tibial scale-tuft on foreleg]
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