Polygrammodes flavidalis
Guenée, 1854
Ironweed Root Moth
Polygrammodes flavidalis is a crambid commonly known as the ironweed root moth. It is widely distributed across eastern and central North America, with records spanning from Ontario south to Florida and west to Texas and Kansas. The references its association with ironweed plants ( Vernonia).
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Distribution
Eastern and central North America. Documented from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Host Associations
- Vernonia - root feeder 'ironweed root ' implies larval feeding on roots of ironweed plants, though specific documentation is limited
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Taxonomic Note
Placed in Spilomelinae within Crambidae. The was described by Achille Guenée in 1854.