Moths of North Dakota

Common name: listed here as 'Showy tiger moth.'

Hodges #: 8175.1, removed from synonomy of Apantesis virguncula (W. Kirby).

Identification: Rfw 16.1 mm, fw veins marked with cream white, rarely with a single transverse line in discal cell, hw yellow with variable black markings. Pro-tibiae white or with a white streak dorsally

Similar species: 8175, 8171.1, 8171, 8169.

Distribution: Great Plains and Intermontane region, eastward in Canada and extreme northern United States to the Atlantic.

Hosts: records confounded with G. virguncula, probably on a variety of herbaceous plants.

Note: considered by Ferguson (1985) to be distinct from G. virguncula. See-- The Grammia complex in North Dakota.

All three specimens: 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.