Syngamia florella (Stoll), the orange-spotted flower moth

Syngamia florella (Stoll) is a common moth native to Florida and the Southeastern United States. Specimens are frequently submitted as regulatory samples, probably because of the attractive wing pattern. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI) received 134 samples of adult moths between the years 2007–2018, only two of which were reared; most are caught in various fruit-fly traps. The caterpillars feed on low-growing plants in the family Rubiaceae, and the immature stages are seldom collected. Syngamia florella is related to several other spilomeline crambids, such as Desmia Westwood and Mecyna Doubleday, that also feed on Rubiaceae. Plants of the Rubiaceae family are predicted to be the normal hosts.