Cryptobotys zoilusalis
| Cryptobotys zoilusalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Cryptobotys |
| Species: | C. zoilusalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptobotys zoilusalis (Walker, 1859) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 603
- ↑ Cryptobotys at funet
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