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Species Homaledra knudsoni - Hodges#1422.1

Larva - Homaledra knudsoni Palm Leaf Skeletonizer - Homaledra knudsoni Homaledra sabalella - Homaledra knudsoni Homaledra species-two - Homaledra knudsoni Homaledra knudsoni? - Homaledra knudsoni Homaledra knudsoni? - Homaledra knudsoni Homaledra knudsoni  - Homaledra knudsoni Homaledra knudsoni  - Homaledra knudsoni
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Pterolonchidae
Genus Homaledra
Species knudsoni (Homaledra knudsoni - Hodges#1422.1)
Hodges Number
1422.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Homaledra knudsoni Hayden, 2021 (1)
Range
e. TX, FL (BG data)
Remarks
"... we have not one but two undescribed species in Florida that are serious pests of palms, in addition to H. sabalella... Homaledra sp. 2 has white forewing veins, especially the radials. It doesn’t have scattered black scales, but the terminal spots are a bit more pronounced on average. The wings are narrower, and the antennae are longer than the wings." - James Hayden (pers. comm., 2/4/2018)

This appears to be represented at BOLD by BIN BOLD:ACJ4987.
Works Cited
1.Two new species of palm-leaf skeletonizers (Lepidoptera: Pterolonchidae: Homaledra Busck)
James E. Hayden. 2021. Insecta Mundi (0859): 1-24.