Donacaula roscidellus

Donacaula roscidellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Donacaula
Species: D. roscidellus
Binomial name
Donacaula roscidellus
(Dyar, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Schoenobius roscidellus Dyar, 1917
  • Donacaula roscidellus
  • Schoenobius bicolorellus Hoffmann, 1932
  • Donacaula bicolorellus
  • Donacaula bicolorella

Donacaula roscidellus, the brown donacaula moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Dyar in 1917.[1] It is found in Mexico (Vera Cruz) and the United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

The length of the forewings is 18–30 mm. The forewings are light brown and the hindwings are glossy white.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from February to November.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ Martinez E.L., 2010. A Revision of the New World Species of DONACAULA Meyrick and a phylogenetic Analysis of related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera:Crambidae). Mississippi State University pp.1-234
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup


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