Pyralidae

Etiella zinckenella Gold-banded Etiella Moth

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FIELD GUIDE DESCRIPTIONS: Beadle and Leckie (2012) ONLINE PHOTOS: TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION, ADULTS: Neunzig (1996) TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION, IMMATURE STAGES:

ID COMMENTS:

DISTRIBUTION: Please refer to the dot map.

FLIGHT COMMENT: Please refer to the flight charts.

HABITAT: Our one record comes from a site located within a large area of natural sandhills habitat. Although some of the recorded host plants for this species occur in that area, it is not clear whether this species is solely a migrant in our area or associated primarily with croplands

FOOD: Larvae feed on a wide variety of Legumes, including Astragalus, Baptisia, Crotalaria, Glycine, Lathyrus, Lupinus, Lotus, Phaseolus, Robinia, Tephrosia, Vicia, and Vigna (Robinson et al., 2010); a number of other families of plants are also used to come extent.

OBSERVATION_METHODS:

NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM RANKS: GNR SNR

STATE PROTECTION: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

COMMENTS: This is an Old World species that is exotic in North America

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