Pearl Crescent
 
Location: Barrier Lake, AB
Date: Jul. 17, 2005		                
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Pearl Crescent - note white crescents on back edge of hindwing
Common Name:  Pearl Crescent

Latin Name:  Phyciodes tharos, Drury, 1773
                        (R. Bercha, det.)

Wingspan:  25 - 40 mm

Range:  Southwestern 1/4 of Alberta

Habitat:  Prairie grasslands

Time of year seen: May to August

Preferred Flowers: Aster sp.

Caterpillar's Diet:

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