Psammathodoxa cochlidioides
| Psammathodoxa cochlidioides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypocalinae |
| Genus: | Psammathodoxa |
| Species: | P. cochlidioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Psammathodoxa cochlidioides Dyar, 1921 | |
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Psammathodoxa cochlidioides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1921.[1] It is found from southern Texas to Mexico.[2]
The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are creamy brown, shaded darker except along the costa and basally. The wing is crossed by about fourteen light lines, irregularly waved, giving an irrorated appearance. A straight pale line, brown-edged within, runs from the apex to the middle of the inner margin. The hindwings are brown.[3]
References
- ↑ Dyar, Harrison (1920). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus: A Monthly Journal of Entomology 8–9. Harrison G. Dyar.
- ↑ Bug Guide
- ↑ Dyar, 1921. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 9: 43
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