Floating-heart Waterlilly Moth
Parapoynx seminealis (Walker, 1859)
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Acentropinae
Identification:
Wing Span: 2.0 cm
Life History:
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Larvae feed on leaves of floatingheart: Big Floatingheart (Nymphoides aquatica) in Florida, and probably Little Floatingheart (N. cordata) or Yellow Floatingheart (N. peltata) in the northeast where Big Floatingheart does not occur
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: eastern United States from New England to Florida
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Taxonomy Notes: None.
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 11 of 11 verified sightings
Observation date: Mar 30, 2022
Submitted by: J_Martineau
Region: Collier County, Florida, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Dec 03, 2022
Observation date: Jun 21, 2021
Submitted by: tirvine2020
Region: Alachua County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 24, 2021
Observation date: May 28, 2020
Submitted by: elopm
Region: Johnson County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Jun 03, 2020
Observation date: Jul 28, 2016
Submitted by: Betsy Higgins
Region: Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 16, 2016
Observation date: Sep 28, 2013
Submitted by: Peter Homann
Region: Leon County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 01, 2016
Observation date: May 07, 2015
Submitted by: Jeff Trahan
Region: Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States
Verified by: Jeff Trahan
Verified date: Jun 26, 2015
Observation date: Aug 30, 2014
Submitted by: ridgeboy
Region: Polk County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 03, 2014
Observation date: Sep 08, 2013
Submitted by: Kats_P
Region: Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 25, 2014
Observation date: Jul 17, 2012
Submitted by: Stuart Marcus
Region: Texas, Liberty County, United States
Verified by: kmortensen
Verified date: Nov 18, 2012
Observation date: Sep 23, 2012
Submitted by: Pete Williams
Region: Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 24, 2012
Observation date: Aug 04, 2012
Submitted by: Lula Field
Region: Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 17, 2012