Nyctaginaceae

Guides

• Asciodes

  Asciodes is a genus of snout moths (Crambidae: Spilomelinae) containing five described species. The genus was established by Guenée in 1854 with Asciodes gordialis as the type species. Species are distributed across the Americas from the southern United States through the Caribbean to South America. Larvae of at least some species feed on plants in the order Caryophyllales.

  CrambidaeSpilomelinaesnout-mothsCaryophyllalesNyctaginaceaecassavaBougainvilleaNeotropicalNearcticpest-potential

• Nealyda kinzelella

  Nealyda kinzelella is a minute gelechiid moth described by August Busck in 1900, named in honor of botanist F. Kinzel. The species is known only from Florida and is distinguished by its striking forewing pattern of light brown basal, dark velvety median, and silvery-white apical regions. The larvae are leaf miners on Guapira obtusata, forming distinctive trumpet-shaped blotch mines on the upper leaf surface.

  leaf-minerendemicFloridaNyctaginaceae

• Neolasioptera allioniae

  Neolasioptera allioniae is a gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. The species induces galls on plants in the genus Allionia (Nyctaginaceae). It has been recorded from Colorado to Texas, with its range potentially extending more widely based on the distribution of its host plants. The species was described by Felt in 1911.

  gall-midgegall-formerCecidomyiidaeAllioniaNyctaginaceaeUnited-StatesColoradoTexas