Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conchylodes diphteralis (Geyer, 1832)
Lypotigris diphteralis Geyer, 1832
Numbers
Conchylodes includes four species in America north of Mexico.
(1),
(2) Range
Heppner (2003) listed the range as Florida, West Indies to South America.
(3),
(4)
Moth Photographers Group includes Georgia.
(2)Season
Heppner (2003) reported adults in January, March to April, July to December for Florida.
(4)Food
Ellwood & Harvey (1990) and Heppner (2003) listed the larval host plant as
Cordia sp. (Boraginaceae).
(4)
Forbes (1923) listed
Carya (pecan). (?)
(5)Print References
Ellwood, C.V. & J.M.V. Harvey 1990. The Lady Blake Collection: Catalogue of the Lady Edith Blake's collection of drawings of Jamaican Lepidoptera and plants. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 18(2):
193.
Forbes, W.T.M. 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Cornell University,
547.
(5)
Geyer, C. 1832. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge 4:
24, 346, figs.
691.
Walker, F. 1858. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 16:
494.