Sweetclover Root Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Sweetclover Root Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Sweetclover Root Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Sweetclover Root Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Sweetclover Root Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Sweetclover Root Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Moths in the genus Walshia can only be reliably identified to species through genitalia dissection.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Walshia miscecolorella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Walshia |
| Species: | W. miscecolorella
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| Binomial name | |
| Walshia miscecolorella (Chambers, 1875)
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Walshia miscecolorella, the sweetclover root borer moth, is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Canada south to Florida and Texas.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 9.4-18.6 mm.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Lupinus arboreus, Lupinus chamissonis, Astragalus, Arachis, Melilotus and Cirsium vulgare.
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Walshia miscecolorella (Chambers, 1875)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "420321.00 – 1615 – Walshia miscecolorella – Sweetclover Root Borer Moth – (Chambers, 1875)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Hodges, Ronald W. (1969). "Nearctic Walshiidae: Notes and New Taxa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (18).