Species Annaphila danistica - Hodges#9850

9850

Annaphila danistica (Grote, 1873)

FWL ≈ 8-12mm

Adult: The species is sexually dimorphic. The males are smaller, with rounded FW and distinctly marked wings. Females are larger, with pointed, uniformly gray FW with the pale outline of the spots faintly visible ● FW of both sexes are dark gray ● AM is gray, doubled and filled with lighter gray, concaved toward the outer margin ● PM is gray, doubled and filled with lighter gray, smoothly curved around the reniform spot ● ST is slightly darker gray shading ● Terminal line is thin, gray at the base of the gray fringe.

HW ground color is bright orange, suffused with brown-gray at the base and inner margin, with a thick black discal spot ● PM is dark gray to black sinuous, with thin marginal band. a

Widely distributed in juniper woodlands and on sagebrush steppe at middle to low elevations east of the Cascades, and on dry grasslands at low elevations in southwestern Oregon. a

Adult: adults are diurnal and visit flowers during the day. a

Larva: No information is presently available regarding larval foodplants of this species, but related species feed on Phacelia. a

Annaphila pustulata - HW lacks dark PM and thin marginal line

Annaphila arvalis – HW lacks dark PM and black discal spot