A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (10/6/2017).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/26/2013).

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An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/3/2013).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/5/2012).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/12/2014).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (9/6/2020).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/2/2020).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Kent Co., Maryland (9/30/2018).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Wichita, Kansas (10/9/2010).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (9/13/2020).

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Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (10/22/2020). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 331984 - Psn: 45)

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

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Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/30/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 225771 - Psn: 55)

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/24/2020).

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An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (10/14/2014).

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An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/17/2007).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/6/2015).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/18/2020).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/6/2013).

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An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Calvert Co., Maryland (11/5/2005).

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A male Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (9/29/2003).

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Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/17/2020). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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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).

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A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (10/6/2017). View Record Details Media by Don Haskins.

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/26/2013). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/3/2013). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

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

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/12/2014). View Record Details Media by Jesse Christopherson.

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/2/2020). View Record Details Media by Barbara Thurlow.

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Kent Co., Maryland (9/30/2018). View Record Details Media by Jim Moore.

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

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (9/13/2020). View Record Details Media by Barbara Speckart.

Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (10/22/2020). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/24/2020). View Record Details Media by Frode Jacobsen.

An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (10/14/2014). View Record Details Media by Nancy Magnusson.

An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/17/2007). View Record Details Media by Thomas Wilson.

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/6/2015). View Record Details Media by Jonathan Willey.

A Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/18/2020). View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

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

An Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Calvert Co., Maryland (11/5/2005). View Record Details Media by Arlene Ripley.

A male Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (9/29/2003). View Record Details Media by Larry Line.

Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/17/2020). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) View Record Details Media by Frode Jacobsen.

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Spoladea recurvalis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Spoladea
Species:	S. recurvalis
Binomial name
*Spoladea recurvalis* (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
List Phalaena recurvalis Fabricius, 1787 Zinckenia recurvalis Phalaena Pyralis fascialis Stoll, in Cramer, 1782 Hymenia recurvalis Hymenia exodias Meyrick, 1904 Hydrocampa albifacialis Boisduval, 1833 Hydrocampa albifascialis Boisduval, 1833 Hymenia diffascialis Hübner, 1825 Nacoleia ancylosema Dognin, 1909 Odezia hecate var. formosana Shiraki, 1910 Phalaena angustalis Fabricius, 1787 Phycis recurvella Zincken, 1818 Spoladea animalis Guenée, 1854

Spoladea recurvalis, the beet webworm moth or Hawaiian beet webworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found worldwide, but mainly in the tropics.

The wingspan is 22–24 mm. The moth flies from May to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on spinach, beet, cotton, maize and soybean. When fully grown, they are about 19 mm long.^[1]