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Genus Euclemensia

Shiny, orange and gray moth - Euclemensia bassettella

1467 - Euclemensia bassettella - Kermes Scale Moth - Euclemensia bassettella

Kermes Scale Moth - Euclemensia bassettella

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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 Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)

Subfamily Antequerinae

Genus Euclemensia

Numbers

2 species in North America listed at All-Leps; a third, Euclemensia barksdalensis Lee and Brown, was described in 2011 from Louisiana.

Size

wingspan 9-14 mm

Range

E. bassettella: Texas to Florida, north to New England, southern Ontario, and Minnesota

E. schwarziella: Arizona to Texas

Habitat

on or near oak trees infected with scale insects which the larvae feed on; adults are nocturnal and come to light

Season

adults of E. bassettella fly from May to September

Food

larvae are internal parasitites of scale insects that live on oak

Internet References

live adult images of Euclemensia bassettella plus description, flight season, larval food (Henderson State U., Arkansas)

20 pinned adult images of E. bassettella, plus collection site map (All-Leps)

presence in Arizona of E. schwarziella, plus larval host (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

presence in Texas of E. schwarziella plus location and date [search on genus Euclemensia] (Lepidopterists Society Season Summary, U. of Florida)

Contributed by tom murray on 15 July, 2006 - 11:16pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, ceiseman
Last updated 14 December, 2013 - 6:46pm

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