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Brown-winged Knapweed Root Moth - Pterolonche inspersa

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Biocontrol Species
Non-native Species

Global Rank: GNR
State Rank: SNA


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General Description
Shropshire and Tallamy (2025) provide a list, with synonymies, of 13,055 described native, exotic, and occasional straying Lepidoptera species of North America, north of Mexico; known but undescribed taxa, taxa with unresolved taxonomy, and excluded species are also included. The main manuscript includes links to supplementary materials, including a reference list for Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, and a filterable spreadsheet with information on taxonomy, synonymy, size ranges of species, distribution by state, province, and country with references, and host-plant Family and Genus associations with references.

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

Non-native
 


Range Comments
Shropshire and Tallamy (2025) provide link to a supplemental filterable spreadsheet with information on distribution by state, province, and country with references for all Lepidoptera species of North America, north of Mexico.

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Citation for data on this website:
Brown-winged Knapweed Root Moth — Pterolonche inspersa.  Montana Field Guide.  .  Retrieved on , from