Cirrhochrista caconalis

Cirrhochrista caconalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cirrhochrista
Species: C. caconalis
Binomial name
Cirrhochrista caconalis
Swinhoe, 1900

Cirrhochrista caconalis is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Adults are white with four brown lines across the forewings, the central pair of which forming a cross. There is a form in which some of the white areas are darkened.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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