Anoncia leucoritis
Species of moth
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Anoncia leucoritis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward 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.[1][2]
| Anoncia leucoritis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Anoncia |
| Species: | A. leucoritis |
| Binomial name | |
| Anoncia leucoritis (Meyrick, 1927) | |
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Adults have been recorded on wing in April and August.
The larvae feed on Mentzelia laevicaulis. They also feed on the seedpods of tenpetal blazingstar (Mentzelia decapetala).[3]
They are parasitized while larvae by the wasp Bracon mellitor.[3]
