Common name: Banded tussock moth/ Pale
tussock moth.
Hodges #: 8203.
Identification: Rfw 19.3 mm, fw transverse shades finely outlined
in black; posterior edge of ptagiae, mesal edge of tegulae, and a median
line on mesonotum turquoise blue.
Similar species: 8129, 8211,
8214, 9449, 9450.
Distribution: southern Canada and U.S. except Pacific coast.
Hosts: larvae have been reported from a variety of deciduous trees:
Alnus-- alder, Betula-- birch, Fraxinus-- ash,
Juglans-- walnut, Quercus-- oaks, Salix-- willow,
Tilia-- basswood.
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ND, McLean Co., Garrison Local Training Area, 11 mi WSW
Garrison. 47 36 25 N. Lat, 101 33 57 W Long. Hg/UV lt.
28- VI- 2002. coll. G. Fauske.
MN, Beltrami Co., 27- VI- 2002, pic. Loren Oslie. |