Idioglossa miraculosa

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Idioglossa miraculosa
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Genus: Idioglossa
Species:
I. miraculosa
Binomial name
Idioglossa miraculosa
(Frey & Boll, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Metamorpha miraculosa Frey & Boll, 1878
  • Idiostoma americella Walsingham, 1882

Idioglossa miraculosa is a moth of the family Batrachedridae. It was described by Frey and Boll in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm.[3] Adults are yellow with metallic fasciae on the hindwings only. There are two or three generations per year.

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

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