Ornarantia dyari
Ornarantia dyari | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Choreutidae |
Genus: | Ornarantia |
Species: | O. dyari |
Binomial name | |
Ornarantia dyari (Busck, 1900) | |
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Ornarantia dyari is a moth in the Choreutidae family. It was described by August Busck in 1900. It is found in Florida[1] and on the Bahamas. The species name honors entomologist Harrison Gray Dyar Jr..[2]
The length of the forewings is 6.2 mm for males and 7.7 m for females. The basal half of the forewings is brown with tan-tipped scales. The midwing has white fascia, while the apical half is mostly white. The hindwings are fuscous with tan-brown streaks. Adults are on wing in January, March and April in Florida and in July in the Bahamas.[3]
The larvae feed on Ficus species. They skeletonize the leaves of their host plant.[4]
References
- ↑ Hemerophila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ August Busck. 1900. New American Tineina. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 8:234-248, http://biostor.org/reference/14072, p. 243: "I take pleasure in naming this beautiful species after its discoverer, Dr. Harrison G. Dyar."
- ↑ Florida Hemerophila
- ↑ Bug Guide
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