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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » False Burnet Moths (Urodoidea) » False Burnet Moths (Urodidae) » Urodus » Bumelia Webworm Moth - Hodges#2415 (Urodus parvula)

Species Urodus parvula - Bumelia Webworm Moth - Hodges#2415

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

CaterpillarTBID07172014 - Urodus parvula

Bumelia Webworm Moth - Hodges #2415 - Urodus parvula

Urodus parvula - Bumelia Webworm Moth - Urodus parvula

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Urodoidea (False Burnet Moths)

Family Urodidae (False Burnet Moths)

Genus Urodus

Species parvula (Bumelia Webworm Moth - Hodges#2415)

Hodges Number

2415

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Urodus parvula (Edwards)

Orig. Comb: Penthetria parvula Edwards, 1881

Formerly placed in the Ermine Moths, Yponomeutidae.

Explanation of Names

parvula (L). "little"

Size

Wingspan about 20-29 mm.

Identification

Adult - medium-sized moth with tightly rolled wings, and a dark chocolate or gray, smoky coloration. The sheen of the wings is almost greasy. No marks on wings. Hindwings translucent.

Range

se US (TX-FL-MD-TN) - Map (MPG)

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on a variety of trees, shrubs: bumelia, hibiscus, oaks, citrus, redbay (Persea). Cocoon is a net-like chamber attached to hostplant by a filament. (1)

Remarks

Compare Scythris fuscicomella, a moth of similar habitus in a completely different family:

See Also

Scythris fuscicomella

Print References

Covell, p. 431, plate 62 (1)

Edwards, Hy. 1881. A new genus and some new forms of North American Zygaenadae. Paplio 1(5): 80

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Lepidoptera of Florida

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Cotinis on 10 June, 2005 - 12:18pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 June, 2024 - 12:39pm

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