Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Wingspan 4.6 cm. Forewing is pale gray with jagged black lines; hindwing is orange-red with the black median band constricted in the center and a broad black submarginal border with red marginal patches. Moths occur in dry forests in the Pacific West. Moths fly in late summer. Caterpillars feed on the foliage of oak (Quercus).
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/macronw/116.htm
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