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Status
Rare in Maryland. One specimen determined by genitalia: Taylors Island WMA, Dorchester Co., June 14 (Glaser, Micromoths).
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| Laetilia myersella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Laetilia |
| Species: | L. myersella
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| Binomial name | |
| Laetilia myersella | |
Laetilia myersella is a species of snout moth in the genus Laetilia. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910. It is found in eastern North America, including Florida, Massachusetts, South Carolina and West Virginia.
The larvae feed on scale insects occurring on Pinus species.
References
[edit]- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
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