Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order LEPIDOPTERA
Family GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE
(Sedge Moths)
Small diurnal moths (16 NA spp) with large ocelli and squared-off wings resembling Tortricids. Most are seed borers in sedges and rushes. Glyphipterix impigritella is a common species that bores in the stems of
Cyperus
. Possibly collected.
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Last updated May, 2000
