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FAMILY   Pyralidae
SUBFAMILY   Galleriinae
TRIBE   Macrothyatirini
COMMON NAME  
NAME   Macrotheca unipuncta
HODGES   5639
DISPLAY #   499
DESCRIPTION   LeCompte WMA, June 29th,1995 and Fishing Bay WMA, August 30th,1998, both Dor. County; Deal Island WMA, Somerset County, August 29th,1966; Plummer's Island, Montgomery County, June. Occurs from Pennsylvania to Florida, west to Illinois and Arkansas. The only known larva of the tribe Macrothecini (not unipuncta) is predacious on scale insects (Forbes, 1923:535). e r
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