Ornarantia dyari

Ornarantia dyari
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Ornarantia
Species:
O. dyari
Binomial name
Ornarantia dyari
(Busck, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Hemerophila dyari Busck, 1900

Ornarantia dyari is a species of moth in the family Choreutidae. It was first 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 mm for females. 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

  1. ^ Hemerophila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ 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."
  3. ^ Heppner, J. B. (1991). "Hemerophila metalmark moths of Florida (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae)". Tropical Lepidoptera. 2 (1): 79–84.
  4. ^ Bug Guide


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