Observation date: August 21, 2025
Submitted by: dchartier
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: October 19, 2025
Coordinator notes: Your ID is correct...looks like a male...and a very good late record of an individual from a rarely seen partial second flight. Maybe a lot of rain this summer in that helped promote one. Normally only flies in late spring. Host is Eriogonum (Buckwheat), usually yellow-flowering umbellatum but might use effusum (white flowers, late blooming) or another one. Caterpillars feed on leaves, not the flower heads. Mike
