Homaledra sabalella
| Homaledra sabalella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterolonchidae |
| Genus: | Homaledra |
| Species: | H. sabalella
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| Binomial name | |
| Homaledra sabalella (Chambers, 1880)
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Homaledra sabalella, the palm leaf skeletonizer moth, is a moth in the family Pterolonchidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas.[1] It is also present in Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Cuba.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Homaledra sabalella was described as Laverna sabalella by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1880.[2] It was included in the family Coleophoridae by Ron Hodges in 1983. Hodges then moved it to the subfamily Batrachedrinae of the Batrachedridae in 1999.[2][3][4] In 2014, a cladistic analysis performed by Heikkilä et al., which led them to decide it was better to reclassify the genus in the family Pterolonchidae.[5]
Description
[edit | edit source]The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults mature and are active year-round.
Ecology
[edit | edit source]The larvae feed on Sabal palmetto, Sabal causiarum and Cocos nucifera. They feed on the palm fronds.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
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- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum, London
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