Laniifera cyclades

Laniifera cyclades is a snout moth in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Herbert Druce in 1895, based on three imagines collected in Mexico City and near Durango City in Mexico.[2]:220 Apart from Mexico, the species is also found in the states of Arizona and Texas in the United States.[3]:75[4]

Laniifera cyclades
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Subfamily:
Spilomelinae
Tribe:
Asciodini
Genus:
Laniifera
Species:
L. cyclades
Binomial name
Laniifera cyclades
(Druce, 1895)[1]

The wingspan is about 40 mm.[5] The forewings are fawn, but black at the base and clouded with blackish gray from the middle almost to the outer margin, with a narrow waved black line, edged with grayish white on the inner side, crossing the wing before the middle. There is a submarginal zigzag grayish-black line, edged with white on the outer side, extending from the costal margin near the apex to the inner margin near the anal angle, and a round white spot in the cell and an elongate spot at the end of it, both edged with black. The hindwings are pearly white, the marginal line fawn. The flight time of the adults is from July to September.

The caterpillars feed on Opuntia (prickly pear cactuses) and are considered a pest.[6]

References
  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. Druce, Herbert (1881–1900). "Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera". In Godman, F. D.; Salvin, O. (eds.). Biologia Centrali-Americana. 2 (text), 3 (plates). London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1-622 (vol. 2), plates 1-101 (vol. 3).
  3. Mann, John (1969). "Cactus-feeding insects and mites". United States National Museum Bulletin. Washington, D. C. 256: i–xii, 1–158.
  4. Hayden, James E. (2020). "A new Laniifera species from the Dominican Republic (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)". Annals of Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh. 86 (1): 37–42. doi:10.2992/007.086.0102.
  5. "801340.00 – 5236 – Laniifera cyclades – (Druce, 1895)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  6. Heiman, Maury J. (July 25, 2018). "Species Laniifera cyclades - Hodges#5236". BugGuide. Retrieved 2020-04-18.


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