Herpetogramma aquilonalis

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Herpetogramma aquilonalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Herpetogramma
Species:
H. aquilonalis
Binomial name
Herpetogramma aquilonalis
Handfield and Handfield. 2021

Herpetogramma aquilonalis is a species of pearl moth in the family Crambidae. [1]

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Distribution and habitat

Herpetogramma aquilonalis can found throughout Canada as well as the Appalachian Mountains in the United States. [2] Its habitat is boreal forest. [2]

Ecology

Larvae are leaf rollers of numerous plants. [2]

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References

  1. "Herpetogramma aquilonalis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  2. 1 2 3 Handfield, Louis; Handfield, Daniel (29 January 2021). "A revision of the Canadian species of the Genus Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae: Herpetogrammatini), with descriptions of three new species" (PDF). doi:10.20363/BZB-2021.70.1.173.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)