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Hydrilla Leafcutter Moth (unofficial common name) Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Julie Baniszewski, Emma N.I. Weeks, James P. Cuda, and Carey Minteer

Release Date: 4/23/2023

Reviewed At: 4/15/2023

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in1024-2014

Agriculture

Abstract

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids, and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

About this Publication

This document is EENY583, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2014. Revised June 2017, April 2020, and April 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. This document is also available on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/.

About the Authors

Julie Baniszewski, undergraduate student (former); Emma N.I. Weeks, assistant research scientist (former); and James P. Cuda associate professor (retired); and Carey Minteer, assistant professor; Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Baniszewski, J., Weeks, E. N. I., & Cuda, J. P. (2014). Hydrilla leafcutter moth (unofficial common name); Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae). EDIS, 2014(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1024-2014

Authors

Emma N. I. Weeks
Emma N. I. Weeks

former assistant research scientist, medical and veterinary entomology, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology

James Cuda
James Cuda
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, Department of Entomology and Nematology

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Carey Minteer
Carey Minteer
Contact
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, weed biological control, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center, Fort Pierce, FL

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