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Donacaula aquilellus

800713.00 — 5317 — Donacaula aquilellus (Clemens, 1860)

♂

♀

Larval Host(s)

Presumed main host
on Block Island:

Known hosts:

Spartina alterniflora

Remarks

This species has been reared from saltmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alternifolia) (Ferguson, 1975) and is probably found exclusively in salt marshes across its range.

Identification

Refer to my guide to and comments on the genus on BugGuide.

Vouchers

(1 ♂) 41.1950 -71.5652, 25 vi 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♀) 41.1950 -71.5652, 10 vii 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (4 ♂, 1 ♀) 41.2018 -71.5775, 24 vii 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♂, 1 ♀) 41.2016 -71.5777, 6 viii 2020, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♂) 41.2003 -71.5739, 4 vii 2021, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♂, 5 ♀) 41.2016 -71.5777, 17 vii 2021, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♂, 1 ♀) 41.2020 -71.5782, 17 vii 2021, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (3 ♂, 4 ♀) 41.2243 -71.5677, 19 vii 2021, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]

References

Species Page at Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.

Martinez, E.L., 2010. A revision of the New World species of Donacaula Meyrick and a phylogenetic analysis of related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Mississippi State University, 1-234.

Species Page at BugGuide

Ferguson, D.C., 1975. Host Records for Lepidoptera reared in Eastern North America. Technical Bulletin No. 1521. Agricultural Research Service. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C. 49 pp. (p. 30)