Dodia tarandus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Dodia
Species
Dodia tarandus
Scientific Name
Dodia tarandus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Dodia tarandus

Dodia tarandus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is endemic to Canada and found in boreal black spruce bogs and adjacent open pine uplands in central to northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Yukon.

The length of the forewings is about 15.5 millimetres (0.61 in) for males and 14.3 mm (0.56 in) 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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