''Dodia tarandus'' is a
moth of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. It is found in boreal black spruce bogs and adjacent open pine uplands from central
Alberta eastward to
Manitoba.
The length of the forewings is about for males and for females.
Larval biology and host plants are not known, but host plants are likely to be one or more species of the plant groups common in peatland habitats such as ''
Salix'' and various
Ericaceae.
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A new species of ''Dodia'' Dyar (Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from central Canada
Callimorphina
Moths of North America
Moths described in 2009
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