Anoncia leucoritis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Anoncia |
Species: | A. leucoritis |
Binomial name | |
Anoncia leucoritis (Meyrick, 1927) | |
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Anoncia leucoritis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-eastern Washington south to California and from there east to Arizona and Texas. [1] [2]
Adults have been recorded on wing in April and August.
The larvae feed on Mentzelia laevicaulis . They also feed on the seedpods of tenpetal blazingstar (Mentzelia decapetala). [3]
They are parasitized while larvae by the wasp Bracon mellitor . [3]