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Dark Arches Moth

(c) Michał Brzeziński, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michał Brzeziński

Dark Arches Moth

Apamea monoglypha

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Mottled gray moth with dark markings. Introduced pest; caterpillars bore into plant stems, damaging grasses and forbs; monitor for in native plantings.

Plants that support Dark Arches Moth

1 plants

Hair Grass*

Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. holciformis

moderate

grass

Grass-feeding caterpillar; Deschampsia is preferred host May-Jul

Bay Area native