Ornarantia dyari

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

Ornarantia dyari is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was 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 m 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]

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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. Florida Hemerophila
  4. Bug Guide