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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Epipaschiinae » Pococera » Maple Webworm Moth - Hodges#5606 (Pococera asperatella)
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Pococera asperatella
Copyright © 2015 George Smiley

Pococera asperatella
Karnack, Harrison County, Texas, USA
October 28, 2014
Size: 23mm
Found feeding on American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua). Feeds via a silk pathway (being maintained in the photo) attaching live leaves to a shelter made out of dead leaves. Earlier instars are group feeders who build quite large leaf complexes.

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Contributed by George Smiley on 2 June, 2015 - 11:08am

Pococera melanogrammos?
See comments on Photo #1580704.
… Steve Nanz, 15 May, 2019 - 4:58am login or register to post comments

 
HOSTS
HOSTS list Pinus taeda and Leguminosae for Pococera melanogrammos whereas Pococera asperatella is listed as polyphagous. My primary interest is life histories so I tend to attach more weight to that. Of course HOSTS is no perfect source of information and one would think that a species that feeds on legumes and pine could very well be polyphagous. Regardless I look forward to this genus being revised.
… George Smiley, 30 September, 2019 - 2:49am login or register to post comments

Nice photo!
I added your host plant to the guide page.
… Randy Hardy, 5 June, 2015 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

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