Other Common Names
Ash Pyralid, Ash Leafroller, Enrouleuse du frene (French)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Palpita magniferalis (Walker, 1861)
Botys magniferalis Walker, 1861
Scoparia fascialis Walker, 1862
Phylogenetic sequence #156075
Identification
Adult:
Speckled gray wings, black median band, robust body. Other Palpita, at least the few species found on the Internet, are much paler. See print and Internet references.
Whitish FW is variably speckled and blotched with dusky brown. Median band is usually obvious
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Range
Includes eastern North America
Habitat
Presumably near deciudous forests, woodlands, perhaps old fields with hostplant.
Life Cycle
1.larva 2.larva 3.cocoon 4.adult
Print References
Covell, p. 401, plate 56 #18
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Munroe, E. G. 1952 a: The illibalis-group of the genus Palpita Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). – The Canadian Entomologist, Ottawa 84: 50.
Walker, F. 1861: . – Can. Nat. & Geol. 6: 41.
Walker, F. 1862 a: Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq.. – Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (ser. 3) 1: 127.