Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
durangoensis Heppner, 1986
kincaidiella (Busck, 1904)
described in 1879 by Walsingham, who originally placed it in genus Sciaphila
Numbers
the only species in this genus in North Amierica listed at
All-LepsIdentification
Adult: forewing brown with pale diagonal stripe that may enlarge to include base as pale triangle, and with apical half usually pale brown; hindwing pale brown
[description by Ross Arnett]
Range
Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to Costa Rica
Season
adults may be found any time of year in California
Food
larvae feed on
Salal (
Gaultheria shallon) and sometimes cranberry
Internet References
pinned adult images and photos of related species by Eric Lagasa (Moth Photographers Group)
3 pinned adult images plus collection site map showing presence in British Columbia (All-Leps)
description of adult in preview of the book "A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico" by Ross Arnett (Google Book Search result)
presence in California; list of 9 specimen records of
L. trigonana plus dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)
larval foodplants; PDF doc (Kim Patten, Cranberry Vine Newsletter, Washing State U.)
distribution; PDF doc and confirmation of presence in Alaska (James Gaither, Journal of Lepidopterists Society, courtesy Yale U.)
