Anoncia leucoritis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-eastern Washington south to California and from there east to Arizona and Texas.[1][2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Anoncia |
Species: | A. leucoritis
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Binomial name | |
Anoncia leucoritis (Meyrick, 1927)
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Adults have been recorded on wing in April and August.
The larvae feed on Mentzelia laevicaulis.
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