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Preferred larval hosts are Heliopsis helianthoides, Helianthus decapetalus, Helianthus strumosus, other slender-stemmed sunflowers, and Zizia aurea. Larvae bore into roots. (Quinter EL, McBride AE (2025) The Moths of North America.)
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Rigid Sunflower Borer Moth in Garrett Co. (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved
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A Rigid Sunflower Borer Moth in Wayne County, Indiana (10/2/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Robert Aguilar, SERC.