Cryptobotys zoilusalis

Cryptobotys zoilusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cryptobotys
Species: C. zoilusalis
Binomial name
Cryptobotys zoilusalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys zoilusalis Walker, 1859
  • Botys hilaralis Möschler, 1886
  • Sylepta masculinalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
  • Syngamia micromphalis Hampson, 1912

Cryptobotys zoilusalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Central America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Mexico)[1] and the southern United States, where it has been recorded from Florida.[2]

Adults are cinereous with whitish interior and exterior lines, slightly bordered with brownish. The marginal line is brownish.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from February to August and from November to December in Florida.

The larvae feed on Xanthium struemarium.[4]

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