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title: "Maple Webworm Moth"
description: "Pococera asperatella — Insekten & Spinnen. Pococera asperatella, the maple webworm moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/maple-webworm-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maple Webworm Moth

> Pococera asperatella — Insekten & Spinnen. Pococera asperatella, the maple webworm moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae.

- Scientific name: *Pococera asperatella*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 12422
- Wikidata: [Q7206491](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7206491)
- iNaturalist taxon: [321469](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/321469)

## Names

- en: Maple Webworm Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (1563), CA (301), MX (21)

## Summary

Pococera asperatella, the maple webworm moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Adults are powdery gray. There is one generation per year.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the foliage of various hardwood species, including Rhus and Acer species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pococera_asperatella

## Photo

![Maple Webworm Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/maple-webworm-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199365555

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/maple-webworm-moth?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).