Common name: Mesk’s underwing.
Hodges #: 8822.
Identification: Rfw 33.0 mm, fw subreniform spot opened or
connected to pm line; hw pm band nearly straight, turned in and tapering
near apex; vhw without separate discal lunule.
Similar species: 8805, 8808, 8812, 8829.
Distribution: southern Canada and northern United States east of
the Rockies.
Hosts: Larvae feed on Populus– poplars and Salix–
willows.
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ND. Cass Co., Fargo. bait trap 24- VIII- 1993,
coll. G. Fauske.
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