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Anoncia leucoritis

Synonyms: Anoncia mentzeliae

Wikipedia Abstract

Anoncia leucoritis is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1927. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-eastern Washington south to California and from there east to Arizona and Texas. Adults have been recorded on wing in April and August. The larvae feed on Mentzelia laevicaulis.
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Prey / Diet

Mentzelia decapetala (gumbo-lily)[1]
Mentzelia laevicaulis (blazingstar mentzelia)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0