Chalcoela pegasalis

Chalcoela pegasalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Chalcoela
Species: C. pegasalis
Binomial name
Chalcoela pegasalis
(Walker, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cataclysta pegasalis Walker, 1859
  • Cataclysta egressalis Walker, 1866
  • Cataclysta principalis Walker, 1866
  • Cataclysta robinsonii Grote, 1871
  • Chalcoela discedalis Möschler, 1890

Chalcoela pegasalis, the wasp parasitizer moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica, the French Antilles, Puerto Rico[2] and from southern Ontario and Maryland to Florida, east to Texas and north to Illinois.

The wingspan is 14-18 mm. The forewings are brown in the basal and terminal areas, but speckled with grey in the median area. Both the antemedial and postmedial lines are white. The hindwings are speckled grey with two blackish patches in the lower median area. Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae are parasitoids of the larvae of Polistes species.[3]

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  3. Bug Guide
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