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: Apr 28, 2019
Submitted by: honeymushroom
Region: Bastrop County, Texas, United States
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Verified date: May 08, 2019
Observation date: Apr 12, 2019
Submitted by: Mikelchap
Region: Glynn County, Georgia, United States
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Verified date: Apr 17, 2019
Observation date: Sep 04, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Mar 10, 2019
Observation date: Sep 07, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Mar 10, 2019
Observation date: Sep 07, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Mar 10, 2019
Observation date: Sep 07, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Mar 10, 2019
Observation date: Sep 25, 2018
Submitted by: cavemander17
Region: Madison County, Alabama, United States
Verified by: jasondroberts
Verified date: Feb 24, 2019
Observation date: Jul 09, 2018
Submitted by: Rose A. Payne
Region: Bibb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Jan 29, 2019
Observation date: Aug 12, 2018
Submitted by: eattaway92
Region: Will County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 04, 2018
Observation date: Aug 18, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Dec 03, 2018
Observation date: Jul 12, 2014
Submitted by: Stu Adams
Region: Ontario, Canada
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Verified date: Nov 26, 2018
Observation date: Jul 26, 2018
Submitted by: Reiner Jakubowski
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 24, 2018
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
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Verified date: Nov 12, 2018
Observation date: Sep 11, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Oct 19, 2018
Observation date: Sep 21, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
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Verified date: Oct 16, 2018
Observation date: Sep 08, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Dorchester County, Maryland, United States
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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
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