| Moths of North Dakota |
Elachistidae: Ethmiinae |
Ethmia monticola (Walsingham 1880)
| Common name: listed here as ‘Gray
ethmia.’
Hodges #: 987. Identification: Rfw 12.7 mm, fw with Rs4 running to costa, fw steel gray with a few black dots, proboscis with scales, abdomen bright orange. Similar species: 978, 980, 992, 999, 1001 and 1003. Distribution: Western U. S., eastward in temperate areas to the Atlantic. Hosts: Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.– Hoary puccoon, and possibly other Lithospermum spp.
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ND, Ransom Co., 1.5 mi SE McLeod. 12- V- 1993, Hg/UV lt., coll. D. Cuthrell.
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