Striped Birch Pyralid

Ortholepis pasadamia

''Ortholepis pasadamia'', the striped birch pyralid moth or paper birch leaftier, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. It is found in North America, including Alberta, British Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Wisconsin.

The larvae feed on birch.
Ortholepis pasadamia Geotagged,Ortholepis pasadamia,Summer,United States,moth

Appearance

Maxillary palpus of male in the form of a short aigrette. Forewing uniformly dark glossy gray with a purplish
tint; the transverse lines well marked, narrow, whitish; a contrasted white inner margin to the subbasal tuft; discal dots usually confluent, distinguishable but not strongly contrasted against the dark ground color. Hind wing smoky fuscous; the veins faintly darkened. Alar expanse, 17-20 mm. Male genitalia as in jugosella. Female genitalia as in jugosella except ductus bursae sclerotized along ventral surface to genital opening.

Naming

Ortholepis pasadamia (Dyar, 1917), new combination
Immyrla pasadamia Dyar, Ins. Insc. Menstr., vol. 5, p. 45, 1917.—McDunnough, Check list, No. 6189, 1939.

Food

Larvae feed on birch leaves.

References:

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https://bugguide.net/node/view/342740

Print references:
Douglas Campbell Ferguson (1975). Host Records for Lepidoptera Reared in Eastern North America. Technical Bulletin 1521, USDA.

Carl Heinrich (1956). American Moths of the Subfamily Phyctinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 207.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPyralidae
GenusOrtholepis
SpeciesO. pasadamia
Photographed in
United States of America