Odontota floridana Butte
(Figs. 16, 69–70, 145)
Reared specimen. NORTH CAROLINA: Moore Co., Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve, 7.vi.2020, em. 26.vi.2020, T. S. Feldman, ex Tephrosia virginiana, # CSE6308 (1 adult, MLBM) .
Host. * Fabaceae: Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. This is the first published larval or adult host association for O. floridana .
Biology. The oval, brown egg is deposited next to the midrib on the lower leaf surface (Fig. 16). The larva forms full-depth blotch mines with frass in scattered, short, squiggly strips, requiring several leaflets to complete its development (Figs. 69–70).