Anoncia leucoritis
| Anoncia leucoritis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Anoncia |
| Species: | A. leucoritis
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| Binomial name | |
| Anoncia leucoritis (Meyrick, 1927)
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Anoncia leucoritis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-eastern Washington south to California and from there east to Arizona and Texas.[1][2]
Adults have been recorded on wing in April and August.
The larvae feed on Mentzelia laevicaulis. They also feed on the seedpods of tenpetal blazingstar (Mentzelia decapetala).[3]
They are parasitized while larvae by the wasp Bracon mellitor.[3]
References
- ^ Anoncia at funet
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ a b Puterka, Gary J.; Slosser, J. E.; Price, J. R.; Meinke, Lance J. (1 August 1986). "Host/Plant Relationships Used by the Boll Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Parasite Bracon mellitor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the Texas Rolling Plains". Environmental Entomology. 15 (4): 880–883. doi:10.1093/ee/15.4.880. Retrieved 9 February 2025.