''Ethmia monticola'', the gray ethmia moth, is a
moth in the family
Depressariidae. It is found in North America from
British Columbia and
Alberta to
California and
Arizona, east at least to
North Dakota and
Colorado.
Bug Guide
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The length of the forewings is . The ground color of the forewings is pale to dark slate gray. The markings are black, conspicuous and variable. The ground color of the hindwings is pale to dark gray. Adults are on wing from May to July.[ ]
The larvae of subspecies ''fuscipedella'' feed on ''Lithospermum canescens
''Lithospermum canescens'', or the hoary puccoon is a perennial herb endemic to eastern North America. The plant grows in a variety of habitats. It has golden yellow flowers which bloom from April to May.
Description
''Lithospermum canescens'' ...
'' and '' Lithospermum gmelini''. They live in a slight web.
Subspecies
*''Ethmia monticola monticola'' (widespread in boreal western North America from Alberta, west through southern British Columbia and most of Washington, south through western Montana and Wyoming into northern Utah, Idaho and the mountains of California)
*''Ethmia monticola emmeli'' Powell, 1973 (southern Rocky Mountains and adjoining mountain ranges)
*''Ethmia monticola fuscipedella'' (Walsingham, 1888) (widespread in eastern North America, from New York, southern Ontario and southern Manitoba, south to Kansas and south-central New Mexico)
References
Moths described in 1880
monticola
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