Anageshna

Anageshna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Anageshna
Munroe, 1956
Species: A. primordialis
Binomial name
Anageshna primordialis
(Dyar, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anageshna primordialis vividior Munroe, 1956
  • Anageshna primordialis pallidior Munroe, 1956

Anageshna is a monotypic moth genus of the Crambidae family described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1956. Its only species, Anageshna primordialis, the yellow-spotted webworm, was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1907. It is found in the US states of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. Adults are on wing from August to November.

Hosts plants are unknown.

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  • Savela, Markku. "Anageshna Munroe, 1956". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  • "Species Anageshna primordialis - Yellow-spotted Webworm Moth - Hodges#5176". BugGuide. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  • Solis, M. Alma (May 2008). "Pyraloidea and Their Known Hosts (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Plummers Island, Maryland". Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. pages 88-106. doi:10.2988/0097-0298(2008)15[88:PATKHI]2.0.CO;2


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