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Species Synclita obliteralis - Waterlily Leafcutter Moth - Hodges#4755

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Waterlily Leafcutter Moth larva - Synclita obliteralis Waterlily Leafcutter Moth pupa - Synclita obliteralis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Acentropinae
Tribe Nymphulini
Genus Synclita
Species obliteralis (Waterlily Leafcutter Moth - Hodges#4755)
Hodges Number
4755
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Synclita obliteralis (Walker, 1859). Synonyms:
Synclita proprialis; Fernald, 1859
Size
wingspan 10-22 mm, male smaller than female (1)
Identification
Note crescent-shaped, whitish reniform spot. Male is smaller and darker than female, with broader wings (1).
Range
Includes eastern North America
Season
May-August (1)
Food
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata), Waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), Waterlettuce (Pistia stratiotes), 60+ other aquatic plant species
Print References
Covell, p. 396, plate 52 # 27 (1)
Internet References
MPG Species Page - Images of live & pinned adults
Invasive.org - Image of larva with info
LepTree - Image of pinned adult
Moths of Maryland - Images of live adults
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell
Contributed by tom murray on 24 August, 2005 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, J.D. Roberts
Last updated 3 September, 2009 - 10:37pm

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