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 heptathalama
Busck
(
Fig. 48
)
Material examined.
USA
:
Florida
:
Alachua Co.
:
1♂
:
Austin Carey Forest
,
12–17-IX-1975
,
Malaise trap
,
G.B. Fairchild
;
Collier Co.
:
1♂
:
Collier Co. St.
Pk.,
8-I-1988
,
J.B. Heppner
,
MGCL
slide 5029 (wings)
;
Flagler Co.
:
1 larva
:
Palm Coast
,
29.6594
,
−81.2419
,
9-I-2019
,
Sabal palmetto
, M. Cain, D. McColl, C. Hall
;
Franklin Co.
:
1♂
:
Apalachicola Natl. Fst.
, nr.
Hickory Lndg. Cmpgd.
, NFR 101B,
1-IX-1991
,
H.D. Baggett
;
Highlands Co.
:
1♂
:
Archbold Biol. Res. Sta.
flight trap
,
9-IX-1979
,
H.V. Weems
,
S. Halkin
,
MGCL
slide 4260
;
Indian River Co.
:
Vero Beach
,
2-V-2002
,
Sabal palmetto
, D.H. Baquerizo, L
238
;
Jefferson Co.
:
1♂
:
Goose Pasture
,
31-VIII-1991
,
H.D. Baggett
;
Levy Co.
:
1♂
:
St. Rd.
24 west of
Archer
,
29.50446
,
−82.56953
,
on
Serenoa repens
,
12-VIII-2018
,
J. Hayden
, E18-4294
;
1 larva
:
Archer
,
29.5045
,
−82.5699
,
25-X-2018
,
Serenoa repens
, J. Hayden, J. Awad, H. Rohrer
;
2 larvae
: same data except
31-XII-2018
,
J. Hayden
;
1 larva
:
Levy Co.
:
Cedar Key
,
29.2056
,
−83.0622
,
31-III-2018
,
Serenoa repens, J. Hayden, J. Awad
;
Marion Co.
:
1♂
:
Ocala Nat’l. Forest
,
2–5-V-1979
,
insect flight trap
,
G.B. Fairchild
;
Martin Co.
:
1♂
:
Jonathan Dickinson St.
Pk.
8–10-VIII-1999
,
J.B. Heppner
;
Orange Co.
:
1 larva
:
Lake Buena Vista
,
27-III-1978
,
Livistona chinensis
, F.L. Ware
;
Putnam Co.
:
17♂
:
Welaka For. Cons. Sta.
,
Welaka Site
5, slash pine-palmetto flatwoods,
28–31-VII-1986
,
J.B. Heppner
;
1♂
: same data,
MGCL
slide 3301
;
1♂
: same data,
MGCL
slide 5030 (wings)
;
Sarasota Co.
:
1♂
:
Myakka St.
Park,
2–3-V-1986
,
H.D. Baggett
;
St. Lucie Co.
:
3 larvae
:
White City
,
Savannahs Park
,
22-III-1979
,
Sabal palmetto, D.H. Habeck
;
Volusia Co.
:
1♂
:
Tomoka State Park
,
22–25-V-2000
,
J.B. Heppner
;
Wakulla Co.
:
1♂
:
Ochlockonee State Park
,
22–24-IV-1991
,
J.B. Heppner
.
Host plants.
Sabal palmetto
,
Serenoa repens
,
and once on
Livistona chinensis
.