Homaledra
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| Homaledra | |
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| Homaledra heptathalama is sometimes known as the "exclamation moth" - see the wing pattern | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterolonchidae |
| Genus: | Homaledra Busck, 1900[1] |
Homaledra is a small genus of at least four species small moth of the family Pterolonchidae native to North and South America.
It was included in the family Coleophoridae by Ron Hodges in 1983. Hodges then moved it to the subfamily Batrachedrinae of the Batrachedridae in 1999.[1][2][3] In 2014, a cladistic analysis performed by Heikkilä et al., made them deem it necessary to reclassify the genus in the family Pterolonchidae.[4]
In 1997 Hodges moved the two South American species Pammeces citraula and P. crocoxysta to Homaledra.[5]
Species
The following species are known:[1]
- Homaledra citraula (Meyrick, 1922) - Peru
- Homaledra crocoxysta (Meyrick, 1922) - Brazil
- Homaledra heptathalama Busck, 1900 - Alabama, Florida and South Carolina.[6]
- Homaledra sabalella (Chambers, 1880) - Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas,[7] Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Cuba.
