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Host plants include Wax Myrtle.
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A Bayberry Leaftier Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (8/5/2014).
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Mike Burchett.
A Bayberry Leaftier Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/30/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Bayberry Leaftier Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/27/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Bayberry Leaftier Moth on Assateague Island, Maryland (6/30/2013).
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Mike Burchett.
A Bayberry Leaftier Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/28/2015).
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Scott Housten.
Bayberry Leaftier Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) treichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
A Bayberry Leaftier Moth in Highlands Co., Florida (9/26/2007).
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Bob Patterson.
Source: Wikipedia
Smith's strepsicrates moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Strepsicrates |
Species: | S. smithiana
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Binomial name | |
Strepsicrates smithiana Walsingham, 1891
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Strepsicrates smithiana, the bayberry leaftier moth or Smith's strepsicrates moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1891. It is native to southern North America, south to South America, including Florida, Texas, Georgia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Galapagos Islands.[1][2] It was introduced to Oahu, Hawaii, in 1955 to aid in the control of Myrica faya.[3]
The wingspan is 14–15 mm.
The larvae feed on Myrica cerifera, Myrica faya and Psidium guajava. They roll the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Moth Photographers Group – 620737.00 – 2907 – Strepsicrates smithiana – Bayberry Leaftier Moth – Walsingham, 1891". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu.
- ^ "Species Strepsicrates smithiana - Bayberry Leaftier Moth - Hodges#2907 - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net.
- ^ a b Zimmerman, Elwood C. (21 March 2009). Insects of Hawaii. Volume 9, Microlepidoptera. University of Hawai'i Press. hdl:10125/7338.
External links
[edit]- Oboyski, Peter T. "Strepsicrates smithiana Walsingham, 1892". Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of Hawaii. Retrieved July 12, 2018. (Note 1892 on Berkeley website for Walsingham's Strepsicrates smithiana is probably a typo, as other citations say 1891 for same)