Pococera asperatella

Pococera asperatella
Scientific 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]

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. They are pale yellow to green or even brown or black in color and about 25 mm long when fully grown. Eggs are laid in leaves which are already partly rolled by other species. Young larvae skeletonise these leaves. Older larvae web together groups of leaves.[3]

References

"mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
"Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
Insects of Eastern forests. Retrieved 2011-10-18 – via Google Books.

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[1] "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[2] "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[3] Insects of Eastern forests. Retrieved 2011-10-18 – via Google Books.