Catabenoides vitrina

Catabenoides vitrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Catabenoides
Species: C. vitrina
Binomial name
Catabenoides vitrina
(Walker, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Laphygma vitrina Walker, 1857
  • Catabenoides vitrinus
  • Callierges divisa Herrich-Schaffer, 1868
  • Catabenoides divisus
  • Catabenoides divisa

Catabenoides vitrina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from California to western Texas and south through Mexico to Central America. It is also found in the Caribbean, including Cuba.[2]

The wingspan is 22–26 mm. The forewings are light brownish-gray with several black longitudinal lines. The hindwings are white with some brownish-gray shading along the upper half of the outer margin.[3]

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schaffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana
  3. ↑ Bug Guide


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