Common name: Cottonwood dagger moth.
Hodges #: 9205.
Identification: Rfw 18.4 mm., fw pale silver/whitish-gray, apical
and tornal dashes obscure, basal dash present.
Similar species: 9199, 9200, 9203.
Distribution: southern Canada and United States.
Hosts: Larvae feed on leaves of Salix– willow,
Populus– poplar and Betula– Birch.
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ND, Richland Co., 2 mi. N Iron Pond, Sheyenne Natl.
grasslands. 13- VI- 1992. Hg/ UV light, coll. G. Fauske.
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