Pleuroptya silicalis Guenée, 1854 is a animal in the Crambidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pleuroptya silicalis Guenée, 1854

Pleuroptya silicalis Guenée, 1854

Pleuroptya silicalis Guenée, 1854 is a moth species with defined wingspan, flight season, and larval host plants.

Family
Genus
Pleuroptya
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Pleuroptya silicalis Guenée, 1854

Pleuroptya silicalis Guenée, 1854 has a wingspan ranging from 24 to 26 millimetres, which equals 0.94 to 1.02 inches. In North America, adult individuals of this species are active and in flight during the summer. For behaviour and ecology, the larvae of Pleuroptya silicalis feed on the following host plants: Polygonum, Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea setifera, Merremia umbellata, Rivina humilis, Bougainvillea spectabilis, and Boehmeria nivea.

Photo: (c) Anita Gould, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Anita Gould · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Crambidae Pleuroptya

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

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