Laetilia

Laetilia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889.[1]

Laetilia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Laetilia
Ragonot, 1889[1][2]

Biology

The larvae feed on various scale insects and occasionally flowers of scale infested plants.[3]

Species

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Laetilia Ragonot, 1889". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  3. Cactus Moths and their Relatives



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