![]() | Florida Pink Scavenger (previously known as Anatrachyntis badia) COSMOPTERIGINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The Caterpillars of this species are pink, with a dark brown head and tail. They scavenge on the damaged flowers and foliage of a wide variety of plants, including:
The adult moths have brown wings, with broken dark bands across them. The moths have a wingspan of about 1 cm.
The species occurs in many parts of the world, including
as well as in Australia including
Further reading :
David Adamski, John W Brown, & William H White,
Description of the immature stages of Pyroderces badia (Hodges) (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae),
with a new host record from louisiana,
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington,
Volume 108 (2006) pp. 341-346.
Ronald W. Hodges,
A revision of the Cosmopterigidae of America north of Mexico,
Entomologica Americana,
Volume 42 (1962), pp. 1-166.
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(written 8 February 2013, 25 September 2023)