| Moths of North Dakota |
Elachistidae: Ethmiinae |
Ethmia albicostella (Beutenmüller 1889)
| Common name: listed here as ‘Pale
edged ethmia.’
Hodges #: 1001. Identification: Rfw 11.6 mm, fw with Rs4 running to costa, wing nearly evenly bicolored; proboscis with scale covered base. Similar species: 978, 980, 987, 992, 999, and 1003. Distribution: Norther Great Plains, south-westward in Rockies into Mexico. Hosts: Lithospermum spp.– puccoons.
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ND, Ransom Co., A annex, Sheyenne Natl. grasslands. 28- VI- 1993, Hg/UV lt., coll. G. Fauske.
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