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Herpetogramma fluctuosalis

Herpetogramma fluctuosalis
Herpetogramma fluctuosalis – Greater Sweet Potato Webworm Moth (14748266004).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Herpetogramma
Species: H. fluctuosalis
Binomial name
Herpetogramma fluctuosalis
(Lederer, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Botys fluctuosalis Lederer, 1863
  • Pachyzancla ipomoealis Capps, 1964

Herpetogramma fluctuosalis, the greater sweet potato webworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maryland to Florida, west to Texas. It is also found on the West Indies and in Mexico.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July and in October and December in Florida.

The larvae feed on Boehmeria cylindrica and Ipomoea batatas.



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