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Dryadaula terpsichorella (Dancing Moth)

Synonyms: Choropleca terpsichorella; Cyane terpsichorella; Diachalastis tetraglossa

Wikipedia Abstract

Dryadaula terpsichorella, the dancing moth, is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is native to south-eastern Polynesia, Samoa and Fiji, but has also been recorded from Hawaii and more recently from Florida and California. The common name is derived from the characteristic dancelike gyrations it goes through when it alights. Adults are mainly creamy white with some delicate brown, the tips of the forewings are margined with a blackish line that is outwardly edged with white.
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Prey / Diet

Ananas comosus (pineapple)[1]
Costus spicatus (spiked spiralflag)[1]
Filicium decipiens[1]

External References

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Citations

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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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