Hodges # 9464
Caterpillar foods: “probably one of the lilies (Lilium superbum and likely others), May-apple (Podophyllum peltatum), bottlebrush grass (Hystrix patula), and dark green bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens). The larva bores into the shoot or roots of its host. The larvae start in grass and then generally switch to Lilium and related plants and Podophyllum.” from Michigan Natural Features Inventory
Habitat: mosaic of wetland and upland habitats; rare species, patchy occurance; poor fliers so susceptible to fragmentation and land use patterns – also from Michigan Natural Features Inventory
Classified as Special Concern in Michigan, but not legally protected.
Information from Doug Taron about raising these moths.
Chapter about releasing reared moths in a protected natural area in northern Illinois.
I seem to get one moth of this species every year, on almost the same date.
9/17/2011
9/17/11
9/13/2012
9/14/2013
9/14/2013
9/16/2014 This is the first year that I’ve had more than one individual in a year. This time I had 4 individuals on this one night.
9/16/2014
9/16/2014
