Silk-producing-larvae

Guides

• Homaledra

  palm-leaf skeletonizer

  Homaledra is a genus of small moths in the family Pterolonchidae, native to North and South America. The genus includes at least four species, with H. sabalella and H. heptathalama known as pests of palms in the southeastern United States. Larvae are specialist herbivores of palms, feeding colonially on frond undersides beneath protective silk cover.

  LepidopteraPterolonchidaepalm-pestherbivoreNorth-AmericaSouth-Americaspecialist-herbivoresilk-producing-larvaemultivoltine

• Keroplatini

  Keroplatini is a tribe of fungus gnats within the family Keroplatidae (Diptera). The tribe includes the genus Chetoneura, which was formally transferred from Orfelia to Keroplatini based on phylogenetic analysis. At least one member, Chetoneura shennonggongensis, is a cave-dwelling species with documented larval biology involving silk construction for prey capture.

  cave-dwellingsilk-producing-larvaenon-bioluminescent