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: 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
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Verified date: Sep 08, 2018
Observation date: Jun 26, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
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Verified date: Sep 04, 2018
Observation date: Aug 05, 2018
Submitted by: franpope
Region: Garrett County, Maryland, United States
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Verified date: Sep 04, 2018
Observation date: Aug 31, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Sep 03, 2018
Observation date: Sep 01, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Sep 03, 2018
Observation date: Aug 19, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Sep 03, 2018
Observation date: Aug 18, 2018
Submitted by: hullyjr
Region: Lake County, Illinois, United States
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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
Observation date: Jul 13, 2018
Submitted by: BrandonH
Region: Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Jul 16, 2018
Observation date: Jul 14, 2018
Submitted by: curtis.lehman
Region: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Jul 14, 2018
Observation date: Jun 30, 2018
Submitted by: Michayla Lovitt
Region: Franklin County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 01, 2018
Observation date: Jun 03, 2018
Submitted by: Reiner Jakubowski
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jun 17, 2018
Observation date: Aug 26, 2015
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 24, 2018
Observation date: Jul 23, 2017
Submitted by: lisagorn
Region: Otsego County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Feb 01, 2018
Observation date: Sep 20, 2017
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Chambers County, Texas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Sep 28, 2017
Observation date: Sep 17, 2017
Submitted by: Andy Wyatt
Region: York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 19, 2017
Observation date: Sep 17, 2017
Submitted by: Joe Bartok
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 18, 2017
Observation date: Aug 12, 2017
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Howard County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 01, 2017
Observation date: Jun 02, 2017
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 27, 2017
Observation date: Aug 18, 2017
Submitted by: Joe Bartok
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 18, 2017
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