Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
Comments: Beaches, dunes, and sand spits with desnse vigorous patches of sand verbena (Abronia latifolia), but not sandy meadows or nearly bare sand with sparse or non-flowering sand verbena plants only.
Global Range: (1000-5000 square km (about 400-2000 square miles)) Immediate shores Strait of Georgia, British Columbia and Puget Sound, Washington. Range is ecnompasseed within an area of 4850 square km, but the actual range is much smaller.
Comments: The genera Discestra and Trichoclea were synonymized with Anarta by Fibiger and Hacker (2005); Mustelin (2006) transferred the Nearctic members of these genera.
