Sitochroa chortalis
| Sitochroa chortalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Sitochroa |
| Species: | S. chortalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sitochroa chortalis (Grote, 1873) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sitochroa chortalis, the dimorphic sitochroa moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Grote in 1873.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to southern British Columbia, south to New Jersey, Arizona and northern California.[2] The habitat consists of grassland and prairie areas.
The wingspan is about 27 mm. The ground color of the fore- and hindwings is whitish-buff with greenish-grey lines. Adults are on wing from mid-May to mid-July.[3]
The larvae feed on Amaranthus retroflexus.[4]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
- ↑ Sitochroa at funet
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