alien or not?

[Woody Woods]

A friend found this Ailanthus Webworm moth (Fred SaintOurs is pretty sure
it's Atteva punctella-- do you agree?). It was on an Ailanthus altissima
sapling on Nantucket (off the coast of Massachusetts).

http://fisher.bio.umb.edu/pages/jennphotos/OrangeInsect.jpg

She can find no confirmation as to whether this moth is alien or native. Do
any of you know? Ailanthus altissima is Asian in origin, and such
information as she has found so far makes no mention of any other (native)
hostplant. 

Woody


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