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Genista Broom Moth
Uresiphita reversalis
Uresiphita reversalis, the genista broom moth or sophora worm, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. U. reversalis was probably native to Mexico before spreading north and becoming established in Los Angeles by 1930 and the San Francisco Bay Area by 1980. It has since been recorded across the United States and in Cuba, Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Jamaica. Both adults and caterpillars are aposematic.
From the article Uresiphita reversalis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is 27–34 mm. Adults are on wing year round in multiple generations per year in the southern part of the range. The larvae feed on Acacia, Lonicera, Baptisia (including Baptisia leucantha), Genista (including Genista monspessulana) and Lupinus species (including Lupinus arboreus and Lupinus diffusus), Dermatophyllum secundiflorum, Lagerstroemia indica, Cytisus scoparius and Cytisus striatus.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121716.