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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Yponomeutoidea » Ermine Moths (Yponomeutidae) » Yponomeutinae » Yponomeuta » Yponomeuta atomocella - Hodges#2416 (Yponomeuta atomocella)
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Prays atomocella - Yponomeuta atomocella
Copyright © 2008 Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew

Prays atomocella - Yponomeuta atomocella
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
April 21, 2008
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Contributed by Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew on 22 April, 2008 - 12:38pm
Last updated 24 May, 2009 - 7:56am

Moved
Moved from Yponomeuta.
… john and jane balaban, 24 May, 2009 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Yponomeuta.
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 24 May, 2009 - 5:43am login or register to post comments

Prays atomocella
With the forewing having the black spots rather large (compared to those of Yponomeuta) and the apical fringe rust colored (versus white in Yponomeuta), this moth is diagnosed as Yponomeutidae: Prays atomocella. It has one generation per year. In early spring, the larva feeds inside a new shoot of hoptree, Ptelea trifoliata (Rutaceae); then it pupates and emerges as an adult, in which stage it spends the rest of the year until mating and laying eggs the following spring.
… Terry Harrison, 24 May, 2009 - 5:12am login or register to post comments

 
It lays eggs the following spring!?
Wow! It overwinters as an adult? What does it do from June, when we took our images, until October?
… john and jane balaban, 24 May, 2009 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

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