Prorasea simalis

Prorasea simalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Prorasea
Species: P. simalis
Binomial name
Prorasea simalis
Grote, 1878

Prorasea simalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Grote in 1878.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, California, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon.[2]

The wingspan is 22 mm for males and 26-29 mm for females. Adults are variable in colour, ranging from ochereous to fuscous or blackish. There are indistinct oblique lines on the forewings, flecked with white. The median lines are dark, the subterminal area is fuscous or ochereous and the subterminal shade is white. The hindwings are smoky fuscous, but paler at the base.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from March to August.

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Grote, A.R. 1878. Preliminary studies of the North American Pyralidae, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4: 669
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