Moths of North Carolina

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View PDF	Pyralidae Members:	Meroptera Members:	1 NC Records
Meroptera pravella (Grote, 1878) - Lesser Aspen Webworm Moth

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Taxonomy

Superfamily: Pyraloidea

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Tribe: Phycitini

P3 Number: 80a0270

MONA Number: 5787.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD	Technical Description, Adults: Neunzig (1996)
Adult Markings: "Can only be told from M. abditiva by dissection" (Scholtens, 2017)
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis.

Distribution in North Carolina


Distribution:
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Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Larval Host Plants: This species uses a variety of deciduous hardwoods (Forbes, 1923; Schaffner, 1959; Prentice, 1966; Godfrey et al., 1987; Robinson et al., 2010). The reported hosts include American Beech (Fagus grandifolia), Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera), Bigtooth Aspen (P. grandidentata), Quaking Aspen (P. tremuloides), Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina), White Willow (Salix alba) and American Elm (Ulmus americana). - View

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Status in North Carolina

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State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

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Meroptera pravella (Grote, 1878) - Lesser Aspen Webworm Moth