Syngamia florella

Syngamia florella, the orange-spotted flower moth or red waisted florella moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found from South Carolina to Florida and from Arkansas to Texas, south to the West Indies and through Mexico to Argentina. It is also found on Bermuda.^[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Syngamia florella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Syngamia
Species:	S. florella
Binomial name
Syngamia florella (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781)[1][2]
Synonyms
Tinea florella Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781 Anania quinqualis Hübner, 1823 Anania quisqualis Syngamia florellalis Guenée, 1854

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The wingspan is about 15 mm. They are on wing from July to December in most of the range, but have only been recorded from September to December in Florida.

The larvae feed on Borreria brachysepala, Spermacoce laevis and Spermacoce tetraquetra.