A Scale-feeding Snout Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/28/2010). Identification verified by Brian Scholtens.
A Scale-feeding Snout Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/28/2010). Identification verified by Brian Scholtens.
A Scale-feeding Snout Moth. John Glaser provided and identified the specimen.
Scale-feeding Snout Moth in Caroline Co., Maryland (9/6/2024). (c) paul dennehy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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15 Records
Status
This species is apparently rare in Maryland (Glaser, Micromoths).
Relationships
Larvae are predators on Scale Insects (Glaser, Micromoths).
Citations
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A Scale-feeding Snout Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/28/2010). Identification verified by Brian Scholtens.
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A Scale-feeding Snout Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/28/2010). Identification verified by Brian Scholtens.
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A Scale-feeding Snout Moth. John Glaser provided and identified the specimen.
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Larry Line.
Scale-feeding Snout Moth in Caroline Co., Maryland (9/6/2024). (c) paul dennehy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Laetilia |
| Species: | L. coccidivora
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| Binomial name | |
| Laetilia coccidivora | |
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Laetilia coccidivora, the scale-feeding snout moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Laetilia. It was described by John Henry Comstock in 1879.[2]
It is found in the southern United States, including California, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia.
The larvae are predatory on Coccidae species. They feed on the eggs and young. It uses carminic acid, acquired from its prey, as a defence against its own predators.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ Comstock, J. Henry (October 1879). "On a New Predaceous Lepidopterous Insect". The North American Entomologist. 1 (4): 25–29 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ^ Bug Guide
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