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Striped Oak Webworm Moth (Pococera expandens)

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Pococera expandens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Pococera
Species:
P. expandens
Binomial name
Pococera expandens
(Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Benta expandens Walker, 1863
  • Tetralopha expandens
  • Loma nephelotella Hulst, 1888
  • Tetralopha clemensalis Dyar, 1905

Pococera expandens, the striped oak webworm moth or double-humped pococera moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 22 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to September.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  3. ^ Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America