TY  - GEN
A1  - Hayden, James E.
A1  - Buss, Lyle J.
A1  - Schnepp, Kyle E.
A1  - Xiao, Lei
T1  - First reports of non-phytophagous Nearctic chrysaugine moths
(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
T2  - Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics
N2  - Coprophagy and probable saprophagy are reported for larvae of two species of chrysaugine moths (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Larvae of Parachma ochracealis Walker are found in rotten pine wood and mulch in North-Central Florida. Larvae of Basacallis tarachodes (Dyar) inhabit feces of an unidentified small mammal in a cave in Central Florida and seem to be troglophilic. These behaviors are compared to similar ones in Neotropical chrysaugines such as Humiphila Becker and Cryptoses Dyar. Saprophagy and coprophagy are predicted to be more general habits among Chrysauginae.
T3  - Insecta Mundi - 553 
KW  - neotropics
KW  - bark
KW  - sloth moth
KW  - troglophily
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/43212
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-432127
SN  - 1942-1354
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
PB  - Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.
CY  - Gainesville, FL
ER  -