Ortholepis pasadamia

Ortholepis pasadamia, the striped birch pyralid moth or paper birch leaftier, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. It is found in North America, including Alberta, British Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Wisconsin.[2]

Ortholepis pasadamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ortholepis
Species:
O. pasadamia
Binomial name
Ortholepis pasadamia
(Dyar, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Immyrla pasadamia Dyar, 1917

The larvae feed on birch.[3]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. Host records for Lepidoptera reared in Eastern North America


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