Scale-feeding Snout

Laetilia coccidivora, the scale-feeding snout moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Laetilia. It was described by John Henry Comstock in 1879.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Scale-feeding Snout being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Amyelois transitella
• Pseudacrobasis tergestella
• Rhodophaea actiosella
• Ephestia welseriella

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pyralidae

Genus

Laetilia

Species

Laetilia coccidivora

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