Sciota virgatella

Sciota virgatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Sciota[1]
Species:	S. virgatella
Binomial name
Sciota virgatella (Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
Pempelia virgatella Clemens, 1860 Nephopterix virgatella Pempelia contatella quinquepunctella Grote, 1880

Sciota virgatella, the Black-spotted Leafroller Moth, is a species of snout moths in the genus Sciota. It was described by Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.^[2]

The wingspan is 22^[3]-26 mm. Adults are on wing from February to September.

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