Maple Twig Borer Moth
Proteoteras aesculana Riley, 1881
Maple Twig Borer Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/5980
Synonyms
Hodges #3230 
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94 Records

Relationships

Larval host plants include Box Elder (preferred) and other maples (Gilligan, Wright, & Gibson, 2008).

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Proteoteras aesculana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Proteoteras
Species:
P. aesculana
Binomial name
Proteoteras aesculana
Riley, 1881[1]

Proteoteras aesculana, the maple twig borer, early proteoteras or maple tip moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from coast to coast in the northern United States, south to Mississippi in the east and to California in the west. It has a scattered distribution in Canada, from Nova Scotia to southern Alberta.

Damage

The wingspan is 11–18 mm.

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