| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuidae: Acontiinae: Acontiini |
Tarachidia tortricina (Zeller 1872)
| Common name: listed here as ‘Olive-yellow.’
Hodges #: 9101. Identification: Rfw 9.3 mm, fw ground color dull fuscous with varying amounts of pale yellow cover-scales, hw with CuA1 and M3 stalked, proboscis without scales. Similar species: 902, 2998, 3682, 3693, 9044 and 9085. Distribution: southern Ontario to Illinois and Texas, westward to Pacific. Hosts: adults have been associated with cultivated sunflower in North Dakota and Texas.
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ND, Slope Co., 19- VII- 1953, coll. R. Post.
ND, Ransom Co., A annex, Sheyenne Natl. grasslands, 20- VII- 1993, Hg/UV lt., coll. G. Fauske.
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