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For the United States & Canada

Species Eumarozia malachitana - Sculptured Moth - Hodges#2749

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Olethreutinae
Tribe Olethreutini
Genus Eumarozia
Species malachitana (Sculptured Moth - Hodges#2749)
Hodges Number
2749
Numbers
Monotypic genus in U.S.
Size
15mm wingspan
Range
eastern North America
Food
larval foodplant:
Ostrya virginiana
Diospyros virginiana
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of larvae, living and pinned adults.
Moths of Maryland - photographs of living and pinned adult with larval foodplant reference
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species.
Tortricid.net - collection records and photograph of pinned adult.
South Carolina Moth Checklist - county records map.