Biology:Homaledra sabalella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterolonchidae |
| Genus: | Homaledra |
| Species: | H. sabalella
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| Homaledra sabalella (Chambers, 1880)
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Homaledra sabalella, the palm leaf skeletonizer moth, is a moth in the family Pterolonchidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas .[1] It is also present in Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Cuba.
Taxonomy
Homaledra sabalella was described as Laverna sabalella by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1880.[2] It was included in the family Coleophoridae by Ron Hodges in 1983. Hodges then moved it to the subfamily Batrachedrinae of the Batrachedridae in 1999.[2][3][4] In 2014, a cladistic analysis performed by Heikkilä et al., which led them to decide it was better to reclassify the genus in the family Pterolonchidae.[5]
Description
The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults mature and are active year-round.
Ecology
The larvae feed on Sabal palmetto, Sabal causiarum and Cocos nucifera. They feed on the palm fronds.
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Savela, Markku (5 February 2015). "Homaledra". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/pterolonchidae/homaledra/.
- ↑ Brown, Richard L. (19 August 2015). "Batrachedridae Overview". Mississippi State University. https://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/Researchtaxapages/Lepidoptera/Batrachedridaehome.html.
- ↑ Hodges, Ronald W. (1999). "The Gelechioidea". in Kristensen, N.P.. Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology Vol. 4, part 35. Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies Vol. 1. Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 131–158. ISBN 9783110157048.
- ↑ Heikkilä, Maria; Mutanen, Marko; Kekkonen, Mari; Kaila, Lauri (November 2014). "Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera)". Cladistics 30 (6): 563–589. doi:10.1111/cla.12064. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258687778. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum, London
Wikidata ☰ Q13233656 entry
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