Pococera asperatella

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Pococera asperatella
File:Pococera asperatella larva.jpg
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Pococera
Species:
P. asperatella
Binomial name
Pococera asperatella
(Clemens, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lanthaphe asperatella Clemens, 1860
  • Tetralopha asperatella

Pococera asperatella, the maple webworm moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.[2]

File:Pococera asperatella – Maple Webworm Moth (maybe) (14661103091).jpg

Adults are powdery gray. There is one generation per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the foliage of various hardwood species, including Rhus and Acer species.[3]

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