Chrismania
| Chrismania | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Chrismania Barnes & McDunnough, 1914[1] |
| Species: | C. pictipennalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrismania pictipennalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1914 | |
Chrismania is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Chrismania pictipennalis, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern California and Arizona.[2]
The length of the forewings is 7-10 mm.[3] The forewings are deep olive-brown, heavily scaled with pale whitish-ochreous in the medial area. The hindwings are pale orange-red.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from March to May.
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Bug Guide
- ↑ Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough 1914. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 240
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