Idioglossa miraculosa

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Idioglossa miraculosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epimarptidae
Genus: Idioglossa
Species:
I. miraculosa
Binomial name
Idioglossa miraculosa
(Frey & Boll, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Metamorpha miraculosaFrey & Boll, 1878
  • Idiostoma americellaWalsingham, 1882

Idioglossa miraculosa is a moth of the family Epimarptidae. It was described by Frey and Boll in 1878. It is found in North America in the Southerastern United States, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas and Florida. [1] [2] [3]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. [4] There are two or three generations per year. The larvae feed on Dichanthelium clandestinum . They skeletonize the leaves of their host plant. [5]

References

  1. Idioglossa at funet.fi.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Kaila, L.; Landry, J.-F. (2023), "Epimarptidae", in Pohl, G.R.; Nanz, S.R (eds.), Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico, Bakersfield, California: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, pp. xiv + 580, ISBN   9780933003217
  4. Description of Idiostoma americella in Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 10: 199
  5. Bug Guide