Loxostege cereralis
Appearance
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Loxostege |
Species: | L. cereralis
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Binomial name | |
Loxostege cereralis (Zeller, 1872)
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Loxostege cereralis, the alfalfa webworm, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found from Quebec to British Columbia, south to Mexico in the west.
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The wingspan is 13–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to early September.
The larvae feed on alfalfa and a variety of other crops and weed species.
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