Identification
Adult: forewing pure white or marked with transverse rows of black spots; antennal shaft white; inner face of pro-femora yellow-orange; hind tibiae with both pre-apical and apical pair of spurs; abdomen white
[adapted from description by Gerald Fauske]
Range
Southwestern U.S. north to southern Canada, east to Atlantic.
Season
adults fly from April to August; longer flight season southward
Food
Larvae are general feeders on herbaceous plants, including dandelion (Taraxacum spp.), plantain (Plantago spp.), and pigweed (Amaranthus spp.)
Print References
Covell, p. 66, plate 13 #1
(1)Internet References
Moths of North Dakota pinned and live adult images, technical description, foodplants, distribution, similar species, common name references (Gerald Fauske, North Dakota State U.)
