Lineodes fontella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Lineodes
- Species
- Lineodes fontella
- Scientific Name
- Lineodes fontella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lineodes fontella
Lineodes fontella, the eastern lineodes moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1913. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. Outside of the States, it is found in Jamaica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, French Guiana and Guyana.
The wingspan is 12–23 mm. The wings are pale tan. Adults are on wing year-round in Florida and between August and November in other areas of the United States.
The larvae feed on the fruit of Physalis angulata, Physalis philadelphica, Physalis pubescens, Physalis viscosa and Physalis walteri. They have been found from April to October. The larvae are pale.
...Lineodes fontella in languages:
- English
- Eastern Lineodes Moth
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Lineodes albicincta
- Lineodes aztecalis
- Lineodes contortalis
- Lineodes convolutalis
- Lineodes dianalis
- Lineodes elcodes
- Lineodes fontella
- Lineodes gracilalis
- Lineodes hieroglyphalis
- Lineodes integra
- Lineodes interrupta
- Lineodes metagrammalis
- Lineodes multisignalis
- Lineodes ochrea
- Lineodes pulchralis
- Lineodes serpulalis
- Lineodes triangulalis
- Lineodes vulnifica





































































































