Spear-marked Black Moth

Rheumaptera hastata butterfly / moth

Holarctic, native, and a birch defoliator of the boreal.

5 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alpine Hedysarum (Bear Root)Hedysarum americanumwildflower · June-AugustJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulySelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–August