Bandera virginella

Bandera virginella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Bandera
Species: B. virginella
Binomial name
Bandera virginella
Dyar, 1908[1]

Bandera virginella is a species of snout moth in the genus Bandera. It was described by Dyar in 1908, and is found from southern Alberta and Washington, south through Colorado to California and New Mexico.[2]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The fore- and hindwings are yellowish white above. The forewings are sprinkled with brown scales.

References

  1. "''Bandera'' at funet.fi". Nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  2. "University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum". Entomology.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2011-12-16.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, November 22, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.