Laetilia portoricensis
Laetilia portoricensis is a species of snout moth in the genus Laetilia.
Laetilia portoricensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Laetilia |
Species: | L. portoricensis |
Binomial name | |
Laetilia portoricensis Dyar, 1915 | |
The species was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1915. It is found in Puerto Rico.[1]
Laetilia portoricensis' adults are generally brownish, but the costal margin of the forewing is light gray.
Diet
The larvae have been recorded feeding on unidentified scale insects on Cajanus cajan and the scale insect Saissetia oleae on Spathodea campanulata. They have also been reared on withering stems of Chromolaena odorata.[2]
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References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Laetilia portoricensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- Wolcott (1948): Insects of Puerto Rico No.3
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