Epelis truncataria

[Tony Thomas]

John Himmelman wrote:

>  Epelis truncataria.  Picture at
>www.connecticutmoths.com.  Does anyone know their hostplant?  They are a
>wetland species and I found these in a cranberry bog here in CT.
This species is incredibly abundant in all my local sphagnum bogs 
(Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada). The only possible foodplants are: 
Ledum groenlandicum, Rhodora canadense, Andromeda glaucophylla, 
Chaemodaphne calyculata. None of these bogs have Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, a 
species of sandy and gravelly solis.

Tony Thomas


 
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