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White-spotted Midget

Eutricopis nexilis

Field notes

Eutricopis nexilis, the white-spotted midget, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Herbert Knowles Morrison in 1875. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia and New England west across southern Canada to southern Vancouver Island, north to Yukon and south in the mountains to California and Colorado.

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Antennaria species.

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United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided