Cisthene unifascia
| Cisthene unifascia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Cisthene |
| Species: | C. unifascia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cisthene unifascia Grote & Robinson, 1868 | |
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Cisthene unifascia is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Grote and Robinson in 1868. It is found in the southern United States (Arkansas, California, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas) and Mexico.[1][2]
Adults are quite variable in colour and in the width and shape of the yellow band on the forewing.[3] They are on wing from March to May and again from August to October.
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