Yellow-shouldered Leafroller

Sciota basilaris

Sciota basilaris is a moth in the Family Pyralidae (Snout Moths).
Adult: FW blue-gray with red and ochre basal area. AM whitish, jagged and shaded black distally
Sciota basilaris This moth was very active and kept walking rapidly across the wall. Geotagged,Sciota basilaris,Spring,United States,Yellow-shouldered Leafroller

Naming

Sciota basilaris (Zeller, 1872)
Nephopterix basilaris (Zeller, 1872)
Sciota basilaris Geotagged,Sciota basilaris,Summer,United States,Yellow-shouldered Leafroller

Distribution

SE Canada & NE United States
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Food

Larvae feed on leaves of Willow (Salix spp.) and Poplars (Populus spp.)

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciota_(moth)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyralidae
https://bugguide.net/node/view/173277
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPyralidae
GenusSciota
SpeciesSciota basilaris
Photographed in
United States of America