Sericoplaga
| Sericoplaga | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Sericoplaga Warren, 1892[1] |
| Species: | S. externalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sericoplaga externalis Warren, 1892 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sericoplaga is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Sericoplaga externalis, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maryland to Illinois, south to Florida and west to Texas.[2]
Overview
Adults have been recorded on wing in February, from April to October and in December.
The larvae feed on Maclura pomifera.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Sericoplaga at funet
External links
Media related to Sericoplaga at Wikimedia Commons
- Sericoplaga at the Natural History Museum Lepidoptera
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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