| Moths of North Dakota |
Cosmopterigidae: Chrysopeleiinae |
Walshia miscecolorella (Chambers 1875)
| Common name: Sweet clover root borer.
Hodges #: 1615. Identification: 6.95 mm, fw veins CuA1 and CuA2 arising separately from discal cell and directed to outer margin at origin, proboscis with scales, tibial epiphysis nearly as large as tibia, hw lanceolate. Similar species: none in North Dakota. Distribution: southern Canada south to Florida and Texas. Hosts: larvae are stem borers in Melilotis– sweetclover, Lupinus– lupines, other Fabaceae, and also Cirsium vulgare (Savi.) Ten.– Bull thistle.
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MN, Polk Co., Agassiz Dunes SNA. 11- VI- 1998, Hg/UV lt., coll. G. Fauske
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