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Lyonetia latistrigella

Walsingham, 1882

Sort #: 388 | P3 #: 360196 | MPG #: 470
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Larval substrate: Rhododendron maximum* (Great Rosebay), Gaylussacia baccata* (Black Huckleberry), G,.frondosum* (Blue Huckleberry), Pieris floribunda* (Mountain Fetterbush), Lyonia ligustrum* (Maleberry), Vaccinium sp.* (Blueberry)
Phenology: Adult: 4/19 to 9/01 (9 records)

Status in MA (automated assessment): Fairly widespread, fairly common
Status in N. America: Native
MA Endangered Species Act status: None
First Year Reported: 1905
Last Year Reported: 2021

Distribution by County: Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket
Number of Records: 21

  • Adult reared from Lyonia ligustrina, with pupal exuvia (Photo: ©S. Whitebread)
  • Adult reared from Lyonia ligustrina (Photo: ©S. Whitebread)
  • Larva in mine on Gaylussacia (Photo: ©S. Whitebread)
  • Larva from mine on Gaylussacia (Photo: ©S. Whitebread)
  • Larva ready to pupate in silken cocoon (Photo: ©S. Whitebread)
  • Larva in mine on Lyonia ligustrina (Photo: ©S. Whitebread)
  • Pupa in silken cocoon (Photo: ©S. Whitebread)

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