Other Common Names
Dead Leaf Roller
Black-and-gray Banded Leafroller
Numbers
the only species in this genus in North America
Identification
Adult: wings bicolored - basal half silvery, distal half brownish-gray; surface sprinkled with short squiggly streaks
Larva: head green, unmarked; body yellowish-green with yellowish subdorsal stripe and prominent cream-colored spiracular stripe
Range
across southern Canada and northern US; in the west, extends south in the mountains to California (also occurs in Florida)
Season
adults fly in May and June (April to June in the south)
larvae present May to early June, and again from late July to October
Food
larvae feed on various trees species, according to geographic location: Douglas-fir, subalpine fir, balsam fir, mountain alder, apple, white birch, maple, spruce, tamarack, willow
Life Cycle
one generation per year; overwinters as a penultimate-stage larva; pupation occurs in early June
Internet References
live adult images plus description, larval food plants (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
adult images and larval food plants (Larry Line, Maryland)
live larva images plus description, distribution, biology, etc. (Canadian Forest Service)
common name reference [Gray Leafroller] and larval food plants (Ohio State U.)
larval food plant list and common name reference [Dead Leaf Roller] (Jerry Powell, U. of California, Berkeley)
live adult image and common name reference [Black-and-gray Banded Leafroller] (Dave Pelletier, Connecticut)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 30 July, 2005 - 3:35am
Additional contributions by
tom murrayLast updated 30 November, 2005 - 4:47pm
