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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gnorimoschemini » Frumenta » Frumenta nundinella - Hodges#2052 (Frumenta nundinella)
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Gelechiidae, herbivory on Horse Nettle fruits - Frumenta nundinella
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Gelechiidae, herbivory on Horse Nettle fruits - Frumenta nundinella
Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
June 12, 2022
Frumenta nundinella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): Life History and Induction of Host Parthenocarpy
"Larvae of Frumenta nundinella Zeller utilize two different resources of their only host, horsenettle (Solanum carolinense L.). Larvae develop either within capsules fused from terminal leaves, or within fruits.

This fruit herbivory determination is based on the above.
The rest of the story is from the adjacent prairie remnant, just across the fence:
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 18 December, 2022 - 12:34pm

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