Ortholepis pasadamia

Ortholepis pasadamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ortholepis
Species: O. pasadamia
Binomial name
Ortholepis pasadamia
(Dyar, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Immyrla pasadamia Dyar, 1917

The Striped Birch Pyralid Moth or Paper Birch Leaftier (Ortholepis pasadamia) is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Dyar 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.[2]

The larvae feed on birch.[3]

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