Anoncia leucoritis

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Anoncia leucoritis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Anoncia
Species:
A. leucoritis
Binomial name
Anoncia leucoritis
(Meyrick, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Borkhausenia leucoritisMeyrick, 1927
  • Anoncia mentzeliaeClarke, 1942

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]

References

  1. Anoncia at funet
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. 1 2 Puterka, Gary J.; Slosser, J. E.; Price, J. R.; Meinke, Lance J. (1 August 1986). "Host/Plant Relationships Used by the Boll Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Parasite Bracon mellitor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the Texas Rolling Plains". Environmental Entomology. 15 (4): 880–883. doi:10.1093/ee/15.4.880 . Retrieved 9 February 2025.