Observation date: September 30, 2012
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: This moth appears in a few fens in the area. I have not witnessed it myself, I was told this species feeds on shrubby cinquefoil at this location.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ryan St Laurent
Verified date: February 25, 2014
Coordinator notes: This may in fact be an undescribed species but I have no way of knowing. Since I don't know if there is consensus that it is an undescribed taxon, I think the most prudent thing to do until it is published is list it under Hemileuca maia.
I do not know who wrote what is above my comment, but I agree. Rather than this record persisting in unidentified-limbo, it's wise to treat it as H. maia (despite the fact that this population may prove to be more closely allied with H. nevadensis).-R. St. Laurent
