Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leptosteges flavifascialis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
* phylogenetic sequence #158200
Numbers
one of 7 species in this genus in North America
Size
wingspan about 13 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG
Identification
Adult: forewing white with golden-brown discal patch between two similarly-colored bands crossing wing; strip of same color along basal half of costa, and another strip from subterminal band to center of outer margin; terminal line brown; hindwing similar but with bands restricted to lower half of wing; fringe long and white on both wings
Range
South Carolina to Georgia south into Florida.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
See Also
Leptosteges flavicostella which has two dark dashes between the pm band and the apex
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - pinned adult and related species for comparison.
presence in Florida; list under the name
Patissa flavifascialis (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)
distribution of L. flavicostella (Dalton State College, Georgia)
