Palpita flegia

Palpita flegia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Palpita
Species: P. flegia
Binomial name
Palpita flegia
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Pyralis flegia Cramer, 1777
  • Margarodes flegyalis Guenée, 1854
  • Margarodes phantasmalis Guenée, 1854
  • Margaronia virginalis Hübner, 1825
  • Paradosis villosalis Zeller, 1852
  • Pyralis flegialis Poey, 1832

Palpita flegia, the satin white moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1777. It is found in Surinam, Colombia, Brazil,[1] Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico,[2] the Caribbean and the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida and Texas.

The moth is about 46 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Thevetia peruviana.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ BOLD Systems
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ Bug Guide


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, October 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.