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Family HEPIALIDAE 



These are medium or large moths, whose larvae bore in roots and stems of plants and trees. 

 The moths are peculiar in that the size and venation of fore and hindwings are similar and the 

 wings are held together in flight, by a lobe or projection from base of forewings, known as the 

 " jugum " instead of the usual spines or frenulum. 



The moths fly with a hovering flight, just at dusk. 



HEPIALUS Fabr. 



H. argenteomaculatus Harr. St. Fabien VII (C); Quebec VI (Bn); Levis (Fy); Compton 

 (Gosse); Orford VII (So); Hull (F); food plant: alder roots. 



H. auratus Grt. Iron Hill VII (Fy); St. Johns VII (C). 



H. mustelinus Pack, (gracilis Grt.) Anticosti (Sch); Levis VIII (Fy); Cowansville (Fy); 

 Newaygo VII (So). 



H. purpurascens Pack. Montreal VII (W). 



H. quadriguttatus Grt. Metis VIII (W); Rimouski VIII (Gb); Cap a I'Aigle VIII (W); 

 Montreal VII (W). 



H. thule Streck. Montreal VII (W); food plant: willow roots. 



