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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) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Homoeosoma Series » Homoeosoma » Sunflower moth - Hodges#5935 (Homoeosoma electellum)
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Pyralidae, Sunflower Moth, dorsal - Homoeosoma electellum
Copyright © 2020 MJ Hatfield

Pyralidae, Sunflower Moth, dorsal - Homoeosoma electellum
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 13, 2019
August 11, 2019: collected several flower heads of Gray-headed coneflower, Ratibida pinnata, that showed signs of herbivory, petals folded over, or frass.
Most, but not all, of the larvae were these


Adults emerged from other look-alike larvae

August 30, 2019 September 11, 2019

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Pyralidae, Sunflower Moth, dorsal - Homoeosoma electellum Pyralidae, Sunflower Moth, lateral - Homoeosoma electellum
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 12 January, 2020 - 11:08am
Last updated 4 February, 2020 - 1:10pm

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