_Epelis truncataria_ foodplant

[Robert Dana]

This species is fairly common in poor fens and true bogs in this region
(MN). Arctostaphylus u-u does not grow in these habitats (it is a plant
of dry, sandy or rocky uplands), so the moth must be using other members
of the Ericaceae in the wetlands. There are, of course, many candidates
as these habitats are rich in members of the family.

Robert

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Robert Dana, Ph.D.
MN DNR
Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program
500 Lafayette Rd, Box 25
St. Paul, MN 55155
651 297-2367
Email: robert.dana at dnr.state.mn.us
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>>> Kenelm Philip <fnkwp at aurora.alaska.edu> 5/27/02 9:20:58 PM >>>

	According to Forbes (Part II, 1948, p. 49), _E. truncataria_
was
reported to feed on _Arctostaphylos_ in Colorado, by Dyar. Tietz lists
_Arctostaphylos uva-ursi_, but refers to Forbes, and Dyar (Psyche
9:298,
1902). A more recent publication is McGuffin: 'Guide to the
Geometridae
of Canada II Ennominae 1, p. 14-15 (1972), where _A. uva-ursi_ is
listed
as the larval foodplant in Quebec.

							Ken Philip
fnkwp at uaf.edu 




 
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