Orange-spotted Flower Moth

Syngamia florella

Polilla de Manchas Anaranjadas

Family: Crambidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Área Natural Protegida Don Sebastián

Description

Syngamia florella, the orange-spotted flower moth or red waisted florella moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found from South Carolina to Florida and from Arkansas to Texas, south to the West Indies and through Mexico to Argentina. It is also found on Bermuda.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. They are on wing from July to December in most of the range, but have only been recorded from September to December in Florida.

The larvae feed on Borreria brachysepala, Spermacoce laevis and Spermacoce tetraquetra.

Source: Wikipedia, article Syngamia florella. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 15/07/2026.