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Black-Banded Orange Moth

Epelis truncataria

Photo by Aarongunnar
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Field Notes

Description:

Nectaring on Platanthera dilatata

Notes:

Life History: Univoltine. Flying mostly in May and early June. Pupae overwinter.
Caterpillar Hosts: Leather-leaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata), bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides).
Habitat: Sphagnum bogs, heath and moorlike habitats in the east; montane shrub barrens in west; wherever food plants grow.
Range: Alaska to Newfoundland south to Colorado and New Jersey.

Reference Links:

Moth Photographers Group – Epelis truncataria – 6321

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