Keywords
Featured Creatures collection
Family: Pyralidae (snout-moths)
Fiddlewood
IN1079
Family: Pyralidae (snout-moths)
Fiddlewood
IN1079
How to Cite
Kern, William H. 2015. “Fiddlewood Leafroller, Seagrape Moth (suggested Common Names) Epicorsia Oedipodalis (Guenée, 1854) (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae): EENY617/IN1079, 2/2015”. EDIS 2015 (3). Gainesville, FL:4. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1079-2015.
Abstract
These caterpillars roll up leaves of the host plants and use the rolled leaves as larval retreats and locations for pupal cocoons. Although these leaf-eating pests do no permanent damage, they can completely defoliate fiddlewood, a Florida native that can form a large shrub or small tree. The shrub simply puts out a new flush of leaves. The larvae themselves are valuable food source for baby birds during the spring dry season in Florida. This 4-page fact sheet was written by William H. Kern, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, February 2015. (Photo:W.H. Kern, Jr., UF/IFAS/FLREC)
References
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USDA/ NRCS Plant profiles. 2015. Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb. Lancewood. (3 February 2015).
Wunderlin RP, Hansen BF. 2008. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/). Florida Center for Community Design and Research. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
Boisduval JBAD, Guenée A. 1854. Huitiéme. Deltoides et Pyralites. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. 8: 336.
Gilman E F. 1999. Citharexylum fruticosum. University of Florida. Horticulture Database. (3 February 2015).
Hodges RW. (ed.). 1983. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. London. pp. 284.
Hübner J.1818. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge. Vol. 1 [1808-] 1818 1: [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40] (post 22nd December 1818), pl. [1-2], f. 1-12 (1808-1809), pl. [3-25], f. 13-146 (1809 - 1813), pl. [26-35], f. 147-200 (1814 - 1818).
Munroe E. 1976. Pyraloidea. Pyralidae (part), fascicle 13.2 A-B. Pp 1-150. In Dominick RB. (et al. eds.) The Moths of America North of Mexico. EW Classey, Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. London.
USDA/ NRCS Plant profiles. 2015. Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb. Lancewood. (3 February 2015).
Wunderlin RP, Hansen BF. 2008. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/). Florida Center for Community Design and Research. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.