Two new species of palm-leaf skeletonizers (Lepidoptera: Pterolonchidae: Homaledra Busck) Author Hayden, James E. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry 1911 SW 34 Street Gainesville, FL 32608 USA text Insecta Mundi 2021 2021-03-26 2021 859 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5041755 1942-1354 5041755 B6DA8972-8EAE-465F-B4E2-D38B299267B7 Homaledra octagonella (Walsingham) ( Fig. 49 ) Material examined. USA : Florida : Alachua Co. : 1 larva : Gainesville , 2832 NW 41 st Place , 3-XI-2020 , J. Hayden ; Indian River Co. : 1♂ : Vero Beach, SE 9 St. FMEL impoundment, 27.58701 , −80.36875 , 18-V-2012 , UV, J.E. Hayden ; Marion Co. : 1♂ : Santos, MV light, 3-IV-1991 , J.S. Kutis ; 1♂ : Santos , CR 328, 1 mi. E. of CR 475, MVL, 16-III-1991 , J.S. Kutis , MGCL slide 4543 ; Putnam Co. : 1♂ : Welaka For. Cons. Sta. , Site 4, live oak xeric hammock, 17–21-III-1986 , J.B. Heppner , MGCL slide 4542 ; 1♂ : same data except 28–31-VII-1986 ; 1♂ : Palatka, at MV/UV light, 28-III-1991 , H.D. Baggett; Volusia Co. : 1♂ : Blue Spring State Park , 31-III-1983 , L.C. Dow . Remarks. The general characters of the single available larva are consistent with most other Homaledra species : a submental pit is present, the V setae on T1–T3 are medioposterior of the close-set coxae, the A1 SD1 seta is hairlike (being short and curved), and the A9 D1 seta is anterior of D2. The larva bears a straight case with octagonal cross-section that appears to be made of frass pellets.