Chrysendeton medicinalis
| Chrysendeton medicinalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Chrysendeton |
| Species: | C. medicinalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysendeton medicinalis (Grote, 1881) | |
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Chrysendeton medicinalis, the bold medicine moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Grote in 1881.[1] It is found on North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.[2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults are white, ochreous and brown, with a silvery white sub-basal band continuing over the hindwings. there is a white median patch followed by a curved white line. There is also a white oblique band at the apical third and a white band along the external margin. There is an ochreous shade between the median patch and the costal band, divided by a brown line.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing nearly year round in the southern part of the range.
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Grote, A.R., 1881. New Pyralidae. Papilio 1: 15