Eana argentana

of authors, not Clerck, 1759

Sort #: 457 | P #: 510068 | MPG #: 3568
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Larval feeding type: larvae feed from silken tunnels around the roots of the foodplant
Larval substrate: Poa pratensis (Kentucky Blue Grass), Salix (Willow), Larix spp. (Larch), Picea (Spruce)

Comment: id with '?' in Kimball & Jones (1943); unlikely for Martha's Vineyard (it is a boreo-alpine species); also, North American specimens are apparently not conspecific with Eurasian E. argentana

Status in MA (automated assessment): Uncertain occurrence
Status in N. America: Native
MA Endangered Species Act status: None
First Year Reported: 1942
Last Year Reported: 1942

Distribution by County: Dukes
Number of Records: 1