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Pococera robustella (Pine Webworm)

Synonyms: Pococera diluculella

Wikipedia Abstract

The Pine Webworm Moth (Pococera robustella) is a species of moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in southern Canada and the eastern United States from Minnesota to New England and south to Florida. The larvae feed on the needles of various Pinus species. Young larvae mine the needles of their host plant. Later, they spin a nest of silk webbing and frass. They gather needles from around their nest and bring them back to the nest to eat. The web is occupied by several larvae. The larvae are light brown with darker longitudinal stripes and a light brown head with black pigmented markings.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.906 inches (.023 m)

Prey / Diet

Pinus banksiana (Hudson Bay pine)[2]
Pinus elliottii (Slash pine)[2]
Pinus resinosa (Norway pine)[2]
Pinus rigida (Hard pine)[2]
Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Pine Webworm, Pococera robustella (Zeller) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Albert E. Mayfield, III, University of Florida, May 2007. Revised August 2010
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0