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Female - 14 August 2013 Meadow along Guardsman Pass Road Female - 14 August 2013 Meadow along Guardsman Pass Road Female - 14 August 2013 Meadow along Guardsman Pass Road Female - 14 August 2013 Meadow along Guardsman Pass Road Female located 16 August 2013 by Second Pond along Guardsman Pass On plant next to Snowberry Bushes Female located 16 August 2013 by Second Pond along Guardsman Pass On plant next to Snowberry Bushes Male located 16 August 2013 in Meadow along Guardsman Pass   Resting on a  Quakie among many Snowberry Bushes Male - 14 August 2013 Meadow along Guardsman Pass Road Male-14 August 2013 Meadow along Guardsman Pass Road Male - 14 August 2013 Meadow along Guardsman Pass Road Photo Details ©Nicky Davis On 14 August 2013 Les Davis and Nicky Davis  located female and males at Guardsman Pass, Utah 7230 feet, 40.34.13 N,  111.29.57 W. On 16 August 2013 these moths were still along Guardsman Pass which has many, many snowberry bushes. The female was placed in a paper bag on 14 August 2013 where she oviposited  150 ova. Per Butterflies and Moths of North America, the ova overwinter, larvae emerge in the spring then hibernate again as pupae. Host Plant ribes Purshia tridentata Symphoricarpos rotundifolius syn. oreophilus - Snowberry Bush