Lygropia tripunctata
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Lygropia tripunctata, the sweetpotato leafroller, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794.[1] It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Texas to South Carolina and Florida.[2] It is also found from the West Indies and Central America to Brazil.
The wingspan is about 26 mm. The wings are light yellowish with a dark grayish-brown band along the costa and then along the outer margin of both the forewings and hindwings. There are two black dots along the costa. There is a dark discal spot on the hindwings. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to October in the United States.
The larvae feed on Turbina corymbosa, Merremia umbellata and Ipomoea species.[3][4]
References
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "801174.00 – 5248 – Lygropia tripunctata – Sweetpotato Leafroller Moth – (Fabricius, 1794)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ "Species Lygropia tripunctata - Sweetpotato leafroller - Hodges#5248". BugGuide. March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Bendicho-Lopez, Aurora (1998). "New Distributional and Foodplant Records for Twenty Cuban Moths". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 52(2):214-216.