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Orange-spotted Flower Moth
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Butterflies & moths

Orange-spotted Flower Moth

Syngamia florella Cramer, 1781

Names

EnglishOrange-spotted Flower Moth
Dutch—
SpanishPolilla de flores de manchas naranjas
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameSyngamia florella Cramer, 1781

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyCrambidae
GenusSyngamia

In Suriname

14Records in Suriname
14iNaturalist observations
2010First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini7
  • Brokopondo4
  • Para3

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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