Laetilia

Laetilia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Tribe:	Phycitini
Genus:	Laetilia Ragonot, 1889[1][2]

Laetilia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889.[1]

Biology

The larvae feed on various scale insects and occasionally flowers of scale infested plants.[3]

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

References

1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
2. Savela, Markku. "Laetilia Ragonot, 1889". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
3. Cactus Moths and their Relatives