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Enteucha basidactyla

Synonyms: Manoneura basidactyla; Oligoneura basidactyla

Wikipedia Abstract

Enteucha basidactyla is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-western coast of Florida in the United States, as well as Dominica, Belize and Ecuador. It is likely that this species has a much wider distribution in the tropical forests of the Neotropics. The wingspan is 4.3-4.9 mm for males and 5.3-5.4 mm for females. Adults are on wing in January, from April to May and in July. The larvae feed on Coccoloba uvifera (seagrape) in the Caribbean.
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Prey / Diet

Coccoloba uvifera (seagrape)[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