As with other Abantiades species, the moth's habitat is temperate rainforest, both primary and secondary.
Dr Conrad blames a general and widespread degradation of the moths' natural habitat for the bulk of the losses, but added that climate change, light pollution and farming practices had all taken their toll.
Neither abundance nor richness of moths varied by habitat in the forested landscape, but we did observe variation among roost locations (p < 0.05).
We investigated patterns of moth occurrence among habitats in two different landscapes surrounding roosts of the endangered Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) from May to August 2005, and compared these data with published results on the diet of this subspecies.
They pinned the models on cherry trees, the natural habitat of moth larvae, bending some into squiggles while keeping others straight.
White or pale yellow-brown snout moths are also known as grass, meadow, or lawn moths, depending on the habitat.
Butterflies and day-active moths were counted and habitat quality was measured in 1191 separate 50 m transects.
In contrast, all three habitats contained substantial moth diversity, and several moth species were restricted to each habitat.
Pastures demonstrated a lower abundance and richness of moths than other habitats in the fragmented landscape (p < 0.05).
Another species, P. terlooii, feeds only on ground spiderling (Boerhaavia) species in the family Nyctaginaceae, unrelated to Onagraceae and common during the monsoon in the upland desert habitat where the moth resides.
In this four-year field experiment, conducted on six field parcels, the ability of wildflower strips to simultaneously promote the availability of pollination services (using bumblebee abundance as a proxy), species diversity (total species richness of bumblebees, butterflies and diurnal moths) and conservation (abundance of habitat specialist butterflies) was evaluated.
