Autographa precationis (Guenée 1852)
| Common name: Common looper moth.
Hodges #: 8908. Identification: Rfw 15.6 mm, fw stigma with separate silver spot, median area with red-brown-brassy patch beyond stigma, fringe dark, hw mostly dark. Hw with vein CuA1 slightly separate from M2 and M3 at origin. Ptagiae red-brown. Meta-tibiae without spiniform setae. Similar species: 8887, 8890, 8895, 8911, 8913. Distribution: central Canada to south temperate United States, east of the Rockies. Hosts: Larvae have been recorded on a wide variety of plants including: bean, cabbage, dandelion, hollyhock, lamb's quarters, lettuce, parsnip, plantain, sunflower and thistle.
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ND, Cavalier Co., Pembina gorge, 11 mi. W. Walhalla. 14- VIII- 2001, UV/Hg light. coll. G. Fauske.
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