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Species Leucochroma corope - Hodges#5210

Leucochroma corope Tribe Spilomelini - Leucochroma corope Leucochroma corope Leucochroma corope Leucochroma corope adult - Leucochroma corope Leucochroma corope pupa - Leucochroma corope White butterfly ident - Leucochroma corope White moth - Leucochroma corope
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Spilomelinae
Tribe Margaroniini
Genus Leucochroma
Species corope (Leucochroma corope - Hodges#5210)
Hodges Number
5210
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leucochroma corope (Stoll, 1781)
Phalaena splendidalis Stoll, [1781]
syn:
Epipagis corrivalis (Hübner, [1825])
Botys selectalis (Walker, [1866])
Leucochroma minoralis (Warren, 1889)
Explanation of Names
coro Greek for pupil of the eye. (1)
Numbers
Leucochroma corope is the only member of the genus found in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Size
Wingspan averages 19-27 mm.
Range
Introduced to Florida. (4), (2), (3)
West Indies to South America. (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Heppner (2003) reported adults in Florida from January to June, August, November to December. (3)
Food
Heppner (2003) reported the larval host plant is unknown. (3)
Remarks
In 1959 the United States Department of Agriculture reported Leucochroma corope was intercepted in Florida. Transported by airplane from from Panama.
See Also
Polygrammodes flavidalis

Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hunt, J. 1958-1959. List of intercepted plant pests, United States Department of Agriculture. (31)
Stoll, C. 1780–1782 ["1782"]: De uitlandsche kapellen, voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons exotiques, des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique], vol. 4. – S. J. Baalde & B. Wild, Amsterdam & Utrecht. 130, pl. 357 fig. I.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida