Scientific name: Promylea lunigerella Ragonot
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae

Distribution

British Columbia

This species occurs throughout south coastal British Columbia; it also occurs south to California.

Damage, symptoms and biology

Promylea lunigerella is a common innocuous solitary defoliator.

Mature larva up to 20 mm long. Head, light green with dark mottle. Body, green, dorsum yellowish green; broad yellow subspiracular stripe.

This species appears to overwinter in the egg stage. Larvae are present from May to mid-June; pupation occurs from June to July and adults emerge from July to early August.

Canadian Forest Service Publications

Diet and feeding behaviour

Phyllophagous: Feeds on the leaves of plants.
- Free-living defoliator: Feeds on and moves about freely on foliage.

Information on host(s)

The principal host of Promylea lunigerella is grand fir; it also occurs on amabilis fir.

Main host(s)

Secondary host(s)

Photos

Dion Manastyrski Centre de foresterie du Pacifique, Victoria (Colombie-Britannique) / Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia

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