Moths of North Dakota

Common name: Herald dart.

Hodges #: 10676.

Identification: Rfw 19.7 mm, fw without pale streaks in subterminal area, with pale reniform spot and area along cubital stem, orbicular spot round to ‘U’ shaped.

Similar species: 10670, 10674, 10817, 10648, and 10651.

Distribution: southern Canada and United States.

Hosts: Larvae have been reported from more than 40 plant species including crops, forages, vegetables, and forbs.

Note: Larvae nearly identical to 10670, 10674 and host records of all three species mixed.

ND Richland Co., Sheyenne Natl. grasslands. West I allotment. T135N R52W Sec. 10.
Hg/UV lt. 15- VII- 2003. G. Fauske.