Timocratica palpalis
Timocratica palpalis is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil (Espirito Santo, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Bolivia and Argentina.[1]
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The wingspan is 56–60 mm. The forewings and hindwings are white, beneath with broad yellow-ochreous costal bands, sometimes some grey suffusion at the apex of the forewings.[2]
Food
The larvae feed on the bark of
- Acer saccharinum
- Acer platanoides
- Casuarina equisetifolia
- Belangera tomentosa
- Diospyros kaki
- Castanea sativa
- Quercus robus
- Persea americana
- Pleroma urvilleanum
- Tibouchina candolleiana
- Calycorectes pohlianus
- Campomanesia acida
- Eucalyptus alba
- Eucalyptus camaldulensis
- Eucalyptus ciriodora
- Eucalyptus saligna
- Eucalyptus tereticornis
- Eugenia brasiliensis
- Eugenia uniflora
- Eugenia involucrata
- Hexachlamyx edulis
- Marlierea tomentosa
- Myrcia fenzliana
- Myrciaria trunciflora
- Psidium guajava
- Psidium quineense
- Psidium humile
- Syzygium jambos
- Syzygium malaccense
- Platanus orientalis
- Macadamia ternifolia
- Punica granatum
- Cydonia vulgaris
- Eriobotrya japonica
- Malus domestica
- Malus sylvestris
- Prunus amygdalus
- Prunus armeniaca
- Prunus domestica
- Prunus persica
- Pyrus communis
- Pyrus sinensis
- Coffea arabica
- Salix viminalis
- Luehea divaricata
- Ulmus americana
References
- "Timocratica Meyrick, 1912" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Description of Stenoma auxoleuca in Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 223
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