Pantographa limata

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Pantographa limata
File:Pantographa limata 305807479.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pantographa
Species:
P. limata
Binomial name
Pantographa limata
(Grote & Robinson, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sylepta limata Grote & Robinson, 1867

Pantographa limata, the basswood leafroller moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in North America, including Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, [Indiana] Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin[2] and Quebec.

File:Basswood Leafroller Moth, Lake Kanasatka, Carroll County, NH, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 218697875.jpg
On a buttonbush. In New Hampshire

The wingspan is about 38 mm.

The larvae feed on Tilia species. They roll the leaves of their host plant.[3]

The moth eats basswood, oak and rock elm.[4]

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