Laetilia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Tribe: | Phycitini |
| Genus: | Laetilia Ragonot, 1889[1][2] |
Biology
editThe larvae feed on various scale insects and occasionally flowers of scale infested plants.[3]
Species
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Laetilia Ragonot, 1889". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ Cactus Moths and their Relatives
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