Anoncia leucoritis

Anoncia leucoritis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Anoncia
Species: A. leucoritis
Binomial name
Anoncia leucoritis
(Meyrick, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Borkhausenia leucoritis Meyrick, 1927
  • Anoncia mentzeliae Clarke, 1942

Anoncia leucoritis is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It was described by 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]

Adults have been recorded on wing in April and August.

The larvae feed on Mentzelia laevicaulis.

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