Host-plant associations: Reported from Bouteloua curtipendula and Schizachyrium scoparium (Whitcomb & Hicks 1988). See BONAP's North American Plant Atlas for their distributions north of Mexico.
Range of collection dates: In Iowa, June through September (Osborn and Ball 1897a).
Elevation range (approximate): 500–6900 ft.
Sources of Distribution Data: Redrawn almost entirely from Whitcomb & Hicks 1988. R. Henderson provided the majority of the records from Wisconsin (personal communication, 1998). Additional records from C. H. Dietrich of the Illinois Natural History Survey, published accounts, and the collections of the University of Nebraska State Museum's Division of Entomology and the University of Colorado Natural History Museum.
Comments/notes: Photo courtesy of C. H. Dietrich of the Illinois Natural History Survey.
Last updated August 27, 2011