Glyptocera consobrinella Zeller, 1872 is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Glyptocera consobrinella Zeller, 1872

Glyptocera consobrinella Zeller, 1872

Glyptocera is a small genus of North American snout moths containing one species whose larvae feed on Viburnum and Acer plants.

Family
Genus
Glyptocera
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Glyptocera consobrinella Zeller, 1872

Glyptocera is a genus of snout moths. This genus was described by Ragonot in 1889, and it currently contains only one species: Glyptocera consobrinella, which was first named by Zeller in 1872. This species is found in eastern North America, with recorded locations including Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, and Quebec. The larvae of Glyptocera consobrinella feed on plants from the Viburnum and Acer genera, including the specific Viburnum species Viburnum lentago.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyralidae Glyptocera

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