Emmelina buscki

Emmelina buscki is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in North America, including Florida and Mexico,[2] but has also been recorded from Costa Rica and Jamaica.

Emmelina buscki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Emmelina
Species:
E. buscki
Binomial name
Emmelina buscki
(Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Adaina buscki Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. Adults are tawny or brownish white, the abdomen with a slight brown dorsal stripe and some brown scales on the sides and below. The forewings are whitish tawny with scattered brown scales forming a dot in the cell and a dash before the cleft which projects toward a costal spot beyond the base of the cleft. The fringes are gray brown. The hindwings and fringes are gray brown.[3] Adults are on wing in February, August, September and December.[4]

The larvae feed on Ipomoea indica.[5] They skeletonize the young leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. "460151.00 – 6159 – Emmelina buscki – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  3. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America
  4. "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  5. Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida


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