Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)    Synonyms: Beet Webworm Moth, Hodges #5170, Hymenia recurvalis, Spinach Moth, Spoladea recurvalis.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Crambidae   >   Genus Spoladea   

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The only member of its genus in North America, it is found throughout the South and the East, as well as in Hawaii and parts of East Asia, Africa, and Australia. In Maryland, this species is "a widespread tropical and subtropical species occasionally found as a late seasonal migrant or vagrant as far north as southeastern Canada, although it may not permanently breed north of the subtropics" (Glaser, MicroMoths).

There are 197 records in the project database.

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (10/6/2017). Photo by Don Haskins. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/26/2013). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/3/2013). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/5/2012). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/12/2014). Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/2/2020). Photo by Barbara Thurlow. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Kent Co., Maryland (9/30/2018). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Wichita, Kansas (10/9/2010). Photo by John Frisch. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (9/13/2020). Photo by Barbara Speckart. (MBP list)

Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (10/22/2020). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/30/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/24/2020). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (10/14/2014). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/17/2007). Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/6/2015). Photo by Jonathan Willey. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/18/2020). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/6/2013). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Calvert Co., Maryland (11/5/2005). Photo by Arlene Ripley. (MBP list)

A male Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (9/29/2003). Photo by Larry Line. (MBP list)


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