Comadia dolli

Comadia dolli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Comadia
Species: C. dolli
Binomial name
Comadia dolli
Barnes & Benjamin, 1923

Comadia dolli is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico.[1]

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The forewings are creamish-white. The costa is checkered, while the rest of the wing is scattered with brown scales. The hindwings are the same colour or slightly darker.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.[3]

References

  1. Comadia at funet
  2. Brown, R.M., 1975: A revision the North American Comadia (Cossidae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 14 (4): 180-212. Full article:
  3. mothphotographersgroup


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