Trischistognatha pyrenealis

Trischistognatha pyrenealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Trischistognatha
Species: T. pyrenealis
Binomial name
Trischistognatha pyrenealis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys pyrenealis Walker, 1859
  • Botys medonalis Walker, 1859
  • Evergestis dyaralis Fernald, 1901
  • Orobena implicitalis Moeschler 1890

Trischistognatha pyrenealis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in Mexico, Central America (including Belize, Costa Rica and Honduras), the West Indies (including the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Cuba)[2] and the south-eastern United States,[3] where it has been recorded from Georgia to Florida and from Alabama to Texas.

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. Adults are on wing from January to August in the southern United States.

The larvae feed on Drypetes lateriflora in Florida.[4]

References

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


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