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Donacaula nitidellus

800717.00 — 5322 — Donacaula nitidellus (Dyar, 1917)

♂

♀

Larval Host(s)

Presumed main host
on Block Island:

Known hosts:

Spartina alterniflora, another?

Spartina alterniflora

Remarks

This taxon is probably a complex of 2–3 species, with the species occurring on Block Island undescribed. On Block Island, this species is associated with salt water and brackish marshes.

Identification

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

Vouchers

(1 ♂) 41.1950 -71.5652, 26 vi 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♂) 41.1950 -71.5652, 27 vi 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (2 ♂) 41.1950 -71.5652, 6 vii 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♀) 41.1950 -71.5652, 7 viii 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♂) 41.1950 -71.5652, 9 viii 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (5 ♂, 1 ♀) 41.2018 -71.5775, 24 vii 2019, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (2 ♀) 41.2243 -71.5677, 30 vi 2020, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♂) 41.1950 -71.5652, 5 vii 2020, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♂) 41.2129 -71.5568, 25 vi 2020, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (3 ♂) 41.2243 -71.5677, 30 vi 2020, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (1 ♂, 4 ♀) 41.2016 -71.5777, 17 vii 2021, A.S. Hunt [ASHC]; (4 ♂, 1 ♀) 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