Hyphantria cunea

TaxID: 39466

Basic Information

Hyphantria cunea

American White Moth, Fall Webworm, fall webworm moth

The fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) is a moth in the family Erebidae known principally for its larval stage, which creates the characteristic webbed nests on the tree limbs of a wide variety of hardwoods in the late summer and fall. It is considered a pest but does not harm otherwise healthy trees. It is well known to commercial tree services and arboriculturists. Fall webworms are an invasive species in East Asia.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Erebidae

Hyphantria

cunea

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Hyphantria cunea
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(c) Rita Wright@BY-NC
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(c) ctatman7@BY-NC
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(c) John Morgan@BY-NC
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(c) David Kaposi@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (20 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (28 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019
Armenia Absent —
Azerbaijan Present 2024
Belarus Present 1994
Brazil A1 list 2018
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
China Quarantine pests 2021
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Georgia Present 2018
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Distribution (39 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

36
Present
3
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
Canada Present
Switzerland Present —
China Present
Czechia Present —
Germany Absent —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_051294225.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_051294215.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_003709505.1 Scaffold 510 152 1126 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR35135619 whole body - - 32501336 China:Shandong
SRR35135618 whole body - - 27520430 China:Shandong
SRR35135617 whole body - - 32124176 China:Shandong

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature