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Donacaula longirostrallus

800715.00 — 5319 — Donacaula longirostrallus (Clemens, 1860) — Long-beaked Donacaula

Larval Host(s)

Presumed main host
on Block Island:

Known hosts:

life history unknown

Remarks

This taxon is a complex of at least five species belonging in a new genus possibly sister to Donacaula.

Identification

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

Vouchers

(1 ♂) 41.1615 -71.6050, 29 vi 2018, N.D.F. Grindley [ASHC]; (1 ♂, 1 ♀) 41.2080 -71.5607, 17 vi 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♀) 41.1662 -71.5880, 1 vii 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♀) 41.1950 -71.5652, 7 vii 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♀) 41.1950 -71.5652, 28 vi 2020, 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.

Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12: 205.

Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)

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