Exyra semicrocea
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| Exyra semicrocea | |
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| File:Exyra semicrocea.jpg | |
| File:Exyra semicrocea larva.jpg | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Exyra |
| Species: | E. semicrocea
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| Binomial name | |
| Exyra semicrocea Guenée, 1852
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Exyra semicrocea, the pitcher plant mining moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in the United States from northern North Carolina, south to Florida and west to Texas.
The wingspan is 16–26 mm.
The larvae feed on Sarracenia minor, Sarracenia rubra, Sarracenia alata, Sarracenia leucophylla and Sarracenia psittacina.
Gallery
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Larvae's silk covering the mouth of an S. minor pitcher
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Larval damage of an S. alata pitcher
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Larva
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Adults inside a Sarracenia pitcher
External links
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