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Rumatha glaucatella

Wikipedia Abstract

Rumatha glaucatella is a species of snout moth in the genus Rumatha. It was described by Hulst in 1888. It is found in North America, including southern Texas and Florida. The wingspan is 15–18 mm for males and 16–20 mm for females. The palpi, head and thorax are pale fuscous, sparsely sprinkled with white. The forewings are dull white, sparsely sprinkled with fuscous and with a very pale fuscous stain. The hindwings are whitish with avery pale fuscous line edging the termen.
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Prey / Diet

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (Christmas cactus)[1]

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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