Common name: Celery looper moth.
Hodges #: 8924.
Identification: Rfw 16.8 mm, fw stigma tear-shaped, contiguous
with am. line to base, inner margin strongly concave at tornal angle;
venter with pm. line crossing both wings. Meta-tibiae with spiniform
setae.
Similar species: 8913,
8916.
Distribution: central Canada to Mexico.
Hosts: Larvae have been recorded on a wide variety of plants
including vegetable crops such as: beet, cabbage, carrot, celery, corn,
and lettuce.
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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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