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Similar Syngamia, Hymenia perspectalis, Herpetogramma bipunctalis, Glyphodes sibillalis, Pyrausta tyralis | ||
Syngamia florella orange spotted flower moth pyraustinae spilomelini
Syngamia florella, the orange-spotted flower moth or red waisted florella moth, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found from South Carolina to Florida and from Arkansas to Texas, south to the West Indies and through Mexico to Argentina. It is also found on Bermuda.
The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults are dark brown with yellow patches on both the fore- and hindwings. They are on wing from July to December in most of the range, but have only been recorded from January to December in Florida.
The larvae feed on Borreria brachysepala, Spermacoce laevis and Spermacoce tetraquetra.
References
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