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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Spilomelini » Rhectocraspeda » Rhectocraspeda periusalis - Hodges#5157 (Rhectocraspeda periusalis)

Species Rhectocraspeda periusalis - Hodges#5157

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Caterpillar inside rolled eggplant leaf - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Another Unknown Moth - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Moth to porch light - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Brown and rust moth - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Leaf folding crambid - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Leaf folding crambid - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Eggplant Webworm - Rhectocraspeda periusalis Rhectocraspeda periusalis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Spilomelinae
Tribe Spilomelini
Genus Rhectocraspeda
Species periusalis (Rhectocraspeda periusalis - Hodges#5157)
Hodges Number
5157
Other Common Names
Eggplant Leafroller, Eggplant Webworm Moth, Tobacco Leaf Folder, Tobacco Leaf Tier
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhectocraspeda periusalis (Walker, 1859)
Botys periusalis Walker, 1859
Pilemia deformalis Möschler, 1882
Rapoona tristis Hedemann, 1894
Pachyzancla perfusalis Forbes, 1923 (1) (misspelling)
Phylogenetic Sequence # 801401
Size
The length of the fore-wings is 8.2-9.7 mm for females and 9.5–10 mm for males. (2)
Identification
See Microlepidoptera on Solanaceae species page
Range
eastern US, south to the Caribbean, Costa Rica to Brazil (3)
Food
Amaranth, eggplant, Momordica charantia (bitter melon, bitter gourd, bitter squash, or balsam-pear), Strobilanthes (Weisman, 1986)
Capsicum annuum L. (red pepper), Nicotiana tabacum L. (tobacco), Solanum hirtum Vahl., S. lycopersicum L. (tomato), S. melongena L. (eggplant), S. nigrum L. (black nightshade), S. torvum Sw. (turkey berry) (Microlepidoptera on Solanaceae)
Life Cycle
Larva; adult:
Print References
Forbes, W. T. M. 1923 Primitive forms Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces. The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states. Memoir 68: 554(1)
Hedemann, W. v. 1894: . Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 55: 293.
Möschler, H. B. 1882. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam IV. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 31: 427, pl 18, fg. 36
Weisman, D.M. 1986. Key to selected Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) larvae intercepted at U.S. ports of entry: revision of Pyraloidea in "Keys to some frequently intercepted lepidopterous larvae" Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 101: 672, 676, 678, 683.
Walker, F.W. 1859, Pyralides. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 18: 564.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Microlepidoptera on Solanaceae at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Identification Technology Program (ITP)
Works Cited
1.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
2.Wikipedia
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by John F. Carr on 20 March, 2010 - 5:34pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 9 August, 2019 - 2:16am

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