Cnaphalocrocis cochrusalis

Cnaphalocrocis cochrusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cnaphalocrocis
Species: C. cochrusalis
Binomial name
Cnaphalocrocis cochrusalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Hydrocampa cochrusalis Walker, 1859
  • Marasmia cochrusalis
  • Botys azionalis Walker, 1859
  • Botys ruptalis Walker, [1866]
  • Cnaphalocrocis ruptalis
  • Cnaphalocrocis perpersalis Möschler, 1890

Cnaphalocrocis cochrusalis, the marasmia moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It is found in the West Indies (including Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic), Costa Rica,[2] Honduras and the United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.[3]

The forewings are whitish cinereous with dark brown interior and exterior lines, a brown submarginal line and a dark brown marginal line.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing year round in Florida.

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ BOLD Systems
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 19: 959


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