Laetilia Explained

Laetilia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889.

Biology

The larvae feed on various scale insects and occasionally flowers of scale infested plants.^[1]

Species

• Laetilia amphimetra Meyrick, 1939
• Laetilia bellivorella Neunzig, 1997
• Laetilia cinerosella Neunzig, 1997
• Laetilia coccidivora (Comstock, 1879)
• Laetilia dilatifasciella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Laetilia ephestiella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Laetilia fiskella Dyar, 1904
• Laetilia glomis (Dyar, 1914)
• Laetilia hebraica de Joannis, 1927
• Laetilia hulstii Cockerell, 1897
• Laetilia loxogramma (Staudinger, 1870)
• Laetilia melanostathma Meyrick, 1937
• Laetilia myersella Dyar, 1910
• Laetilia obscura Dyar, 1918
• Laetilia portoricensis Dyar, 1915
• Laetilia zamacrella Dyar, 1925

Notes and References

1. http://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/Researchtaxapages/CactusMoths/genera_species/Laetilia.html Cactus Moths and their Relatives