Waterlily Leafcutter Moth
Elophila obliteralis (Walker, 1859)
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Acentropinae
Identification: Sexually dimorphic. Male smaller and more broad-winged than female. Wings grayish brown, with dark brown shading and whitish lines. Reniform spot a whitish crescent. In female, the light areas are paler than in male. Female also less sharply marked.
Wing Span: 1-2.2 cm.
Life History:
Flight: May - August.
Caterpillar Hosts: White water lily, pondweed (illinoiensis and americanensis), water stargrass (Heteranthera), duckweed, Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata), Waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), Waterlettuce (Pistia stratiotes), and 60+ other aquatic plant species.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Common throughout eastern North America.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs: A minor pest of aquatic ornamentals and sometimes a problem in greenhouses.
Comments:
Taxonomy Notes: genus Synclita changed to Elophila as per Hugh McGuinness 8/2009. Source: Munroessa was synonymized, along with Synclita, by Goater, Nuss and Speidel in Microlepidoptera of Europe, Vol. 4. Pyraloidea I. 2005.
Alternate Scientific Names:
Synclita obliteralis
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 220 verified sightings
Observation date: Aug 13, 2018
Submitted by: Ilona L.
Region: Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Nov 16, 2018
Observation date: Jul 09, 2018
Submitted by: Ilona L.
Region: Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Nov 16, 2018
Observation date: Sep 18, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 12, 2018
Observation date: Sep 18, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 12, 2018
Observation date: Sep 11, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 19, 2018
Observation date: Sep 21, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 16, 2018
Observation date: Sep 08, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Dorchester County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 15, 2018
Observation date: Sep 21, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 15, 2018
Observation date: Aug 05, 2018
Submitted by: Reiner Jakubowski
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 13, 2018
Observation date: Aug 10, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Carroll County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 11, 2018
Observation date: Aug 10, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Carroll County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 11, 2018
Observation date: Sep 13, 2018
Submitted by: Reiner Jakubowski
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 11, 2018
Observation date: Jul 20, 2017
Submitted by: dpgbfly1
Region: Anoka County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Oct 05, 2018
Observation date: Jul 20, 2017
Submitted by: dpgbfly1
Region: Anoka County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Oct 05, 2018
Observation date: Sep 04, 2018
Submitted by: Howell_Curtis
Region: Harrison County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Sep 08, 2018
Observation date: Jun 26, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 04, 2018
Observation date: Aug 05, 2018
Submitted by: franpope
Region: Garrett County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 04, 2018
Observation date: Aug 31, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 03, 2018
Observation date: Sep 01, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 03, 2018
Observation date: Aug 19, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 03, 2018
Observation date: Aug 18, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 29, 2018
Observation date: Aug 13, 2018
Submitted by: Ideaphore
Region: Nova Scotia, Canada
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Aug 19, 2018
Observation date: Jun 29, 2018
Submitted by: BruceMissen
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 15, 2018
Observation date: Jul 15, 2018
Submitted by: Reiner Jakubowski
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 14, 2018
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