The Palm Leaf Skeletonizer, Homaledra Sabalella (Chambers)
Tagged as: Lepidoptera, Momphidae
(Momphidae – Lepidoptera)
Introduction
The palm leaf skeletonizer is the larva of a small moth. Both upper and lower surfaces of the leaf are subject to attack by the larvae. The larva is the only destructive stage of this insect (fig. 1).