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.
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
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Observation date: Jun 06, 2020
Submitted by: Stephen G.
Region: Benton County, Arkansas, United States
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Region: Ontario, Canada
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Region: York County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
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Region: Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
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Region: Jackson County, Missouri, United States
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Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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Region: Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
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Region: Lewis County, Washington, United States
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Region: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Virginia, United States
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Observation date: Jun 02, 2020
Submitted by: Stephen G.
Region: Benton County, Arkansas, United States
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Region: Virginia, United States
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Region: Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
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Observation date: Jun 30, 2020
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
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Region: Johnson County, Georgia, United States
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Region: Warren County, Kentucky, United States
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Region: Geauga County, Ohio, United States
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Observation date: May 02, 2020
Submitted by: Stephen G.
Region: Benton County, Arkansas, United States
Verified by: Stephen G.
Verified date: May 05, 2020
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