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Phyciodes m. mylitta (W. H. Edwards, 1861)
(Mylitta Crescent)

Pinned Specimens photo collection:


 

Live Adults photo collection:

Distribution and Larval Foodplants:
 

Distribution: BC to MT, S to S CA

Larval Foodplants: Asteraceae: Cirsium andersonii (Gray) Petrak, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., Cirsium douglasii var. breweri (Petrak) Keil & C. Turner, Cirsium californicum var. californicum Gray, Cirsium callilepis var. callilepis (Greene) Jepson, Cirsium edule Nutt., Cirsium hookerianum Nutt., Cirsium hydrophilum (Greene) Jepson, Cirsium occidentale (Nutt.) Jepson, Cirsium occidentale var. venustum  (Greene) Jepson, Cirsium remotifolium (Hook.) DC., Cirsium undulatum (Nutt.) Spreng., Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten., Cynara scolymus  L., Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn., Carduus pycnocephalus L.

Occasional or accidental use: Centaurea diffusa Lam., Centaurea solstitialis L.

Synonymy

Bibliography

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