Ortholepis pasadamia Dyar, 1917 is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ortholepis pasadamia Dyar, 1917

Ortholepis pasadamia Dyar, 1917

Ortholepis pasadamia is a pyralid moth found in North America whose larvae feed on birch.

Family
Genus
Ortholepis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ortholepis pasadamia Dyar, 1917

Ortholepis pasadamia is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. It is commonly known as the striped birch pyralid moth or the paper birch leaftier. This species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. It is distributed across North America, where it has been recorded in Alberta, British Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Wisconsin. The larvae of this moth feed on birch.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyralidae Ortholepis

More from Pyralidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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