''Laetilia dilatifasciella'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''

Laetilia ''Laetilia'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889. Biology The larvae feed on various scale insects and occasionally flowers of scale infested plants. Species * '' Laetilia amphimetra'' Meyrick, 1939 * '' ...

''. It was described by Ragonot in 1887. It is found from southern

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

to southern

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

. The length of the forewings is 6–8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and again from July to October. The larvae are

predatory Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

Cerococcidae Cerococcidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as ornate pit scales or cerococcids. There are 83 species in 5 genera. Members of this family occur in all regions of the world. Description Adult females produce a protective waxy test ...

Coccidae The Coccidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales. The females are flat with elongated oval bodies and a smooth integument which may be cover ...

Dactylopiidae ''Dactylopius'' is a genus of insect in the superfamily Coccoidea, the scale insects. It is the only genus in the family Dactylopiidae.Van Dam, A. R. and B. May. (2012)A new species of ''Dactylopius'' Costa (''Dactylopius gracilipilus'' sp. nov. ...

and

Kermesidae The Kermesidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. The type genus, '' Kermes'', includes the kermes scale insects, from which a red dye, also called ''kermes'' (a.k.a. crimson Crimson is a rich, deep red ...

species.Bug Guide
/ref> Larvae can be found in May and October.

Taxonomy

The species was formerly considered a synonym of ''

Laetilia coccidivora ''Laetilia coccidivora'', the scale-feeding snout moth, is a species of snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particul ...

''.

References

Moths described in 1887 Phycitini {{Phycitini-stub