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PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis 1. Dorsal, September 18, 2005 - Fairfield, Tooele County, Utah.   2., 3. Ventral View , 4. dorsal-  October 17, 2005, Garr Ranch area,  Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah 5., 6.  James Walter Fitzgerald Migratory Bird  Refuge- August 28, 2006 Also found by Mercur, Tooele County, Utah Also along Redwood Road by Tree of Heaven in town of Saratoga Springs, Utah Host Plant Silverscale, syn. Silver Orach, syn. Wedgescale - Atriplex argentea Tumbleweed, syn. Russian Thistle - Salsola kali Forewing length: 5 -7 mm. Dorsal wing brown, becoming blue near the body. Ventral - small black spots near base, row of black spots at outer margin