Bug FAQOrange-spotted Flower Moth
Syngamia florella · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Crambidae
Also called: Red-waisted Florella Moth
The orange-spotted flower moth has a wingspan of about 15 mm. It lives from the southeastern United States through the West Indies, Mexico and down to Argentina, and is also found on Bermuda. Adults fly from July to December in most areas, but only from September to December in Florida.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The orange-spotted flower moth, also called the red-waisted florella moth, belongs to the Crambidae family.
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Size
Its wingspan is about 15 mm.
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Where it lives
It occurs from South Carolina to Florida, west to Arkansas and Texas, south through the West Indies, Mexico to Argentina, and also on Bermuda.
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Life cycle
The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1781.
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When you see it
Adults are on the wing from July through December in most of the range, and from September to December in Florida.
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Where it comes from
Its range includes South Carolina to Florida, Arkansas to Texas, the West Indies, Mexico through Argentina, and Bermuda.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 13 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syngamia_florella
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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.