The Hawaiian 'dancing moth', Dryadaula terpsichorella, has colonized coastal southern California (Lepidoptera : Tineidae)

Authors
Powell, JA
Citation
Ja. Powell, The Hawaiian 'dancing moth', Dryadaula terpsichorella, has colonized coastal southern California (Lepidoptera : Tineidae), PAN PAC ENT, 75(4), 1999, pp. 221-223
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
PAN-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGIST
ISSN journal
00310603 → ACNP
Volume
75
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
221 - 223
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-0603(199910)75:4<221:TH'MDT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Dryadaula terpsichorella (Busck, 1910) has been discovered at two sites in San Diego, California, near the harbor and 24 km distant, in July 1998 and February 1999. The species is widespread in the western Pacific and has bee n known in Hawaii for a century, where the larvae occur among dead leaves o f various plants. The adults perform perculiar, circular 'dances' upon alig hting.