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Meropleon diversicolor (Multicolored Sedgeminer)

Synonyms: Oligia diversicolor

Wikipedia Abstract

Meropleon diversicolor, the Multicolored Sedgeminer Moth, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin. The habitat consists of wetlands. The larvae bore into sedges.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Scirpus cyperinus (Woolly Grass Bulrush)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - 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