Ornarantia dyari

Ornarantia dyari is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by August Busck in 1900. It is found in Florida[1] and on the Bahamas. The species name honors entomologist Harrison Gray Dyar Jr..[2]

Ornarantia dyari
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Choreutidae
Genus:
Ornarantia
Species:
O. dyari
Binomial name
Ornarantia dyari
(Busck, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Hemerophila dyari Busck, 1900

The length of the forewings is 6.2 mm for males and 7.7 m for females. The basal half of the forewings is brown with tan-tipped scales. The midwing has white fascia, while the apical half is mostly white. The hindwings are fuscous with tan-brown streaks. Adults are on wing in January, March and April in Florida and in July in the Bahamas.[3]

The larvae feed on Ficus species. They skeletonize the leaves of their host plant.[4]

References
  1. Hemerophila at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. August Busck. 1900. New American Tineina. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 8:234-248, http://biostor.org/reference/14072, p. 243: "I take pleasure in naming this beautiful species after its discoverer, Dr. Harrison G. Dyar."
  3. Florida Hemerophila
  4. Bug Guide


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