Species Parapoynx seminealis - Floating-heart Waterlily Moth - Hodges#4763

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Hodges #4763 - Floating-heart Waterlily Moth - Parapoynx seminealis

Parapoynx seminealis – Floating-heart Waterlilly Moth - Parapoynx seminealis

Parapoynx seminealis - Floating-heart Waterlily Moth - Parapoynx seminealis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)

Subfamily Acentropinae

Tribe Nymphulini

Genus Parapoynx

Species seminealis (Floating-heart Waterlily Moth - Hodges#4763)

Hodges Number

4763

Other Common Names

Floating-heart Waterlily Leafcutter

Size

Wingspan about 20 mm (MPG); forewing 8 - 13 mm.(1)

Range

Eastern United States from New England to Florida

Food

Larvae feed on leaves of floatingheart: Big Floatingheart (Nymphoides aquatica) in Florida, and probably Little Floatingheart (N. cordata) or Yellow Floatingheart (N. peltata) in the northeast where Big Floatingheart does not occur

Print References

Buckingham, Gary R., and Christine A. Bennett. 2001. Life History and Laboratory Host Range Tests of Parapoynx seminealis (Walker) (Crambidae: Nymphulinae) in Florida, U.S.A. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 55(3): 111-118.

- available in PDF format in Internet References link below

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

pinned adult image (John Snyder, Furman U., South Carolina)

species account; PDF doc with photos and lab rearing information (Gary Buckingham and Christine Bennett, U. of Florida)

common name reference [Floating-heart Waterlily Leafcutter] (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

distribution (Dalton State College, Georgia)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.1A. Scopariinae, Nymphulinae Eugene Munroe. 1972. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 October, 2005 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Chuck Sexton, Steve Morris
Last updated 12 August, 2022 - 11:35pm

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