Cassiana

Cassiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Cassiana
Heinrich, 1956[1]
Species: C. malacella
Binomial name
Cassiana malacella
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Vitula malacella Dyar, 1914

Cassiana is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Heinrich in 1956, and contains the species C. malacella.[1] It is found in Mexico, the southern United States,[2] the British Virgin Islands[3] Puerto Rico and Bermuda.

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are pale greyish fuscous, although the area between the cell and the costa is white with a faint, scattered dusting of reddish scales. The hindwings are whitish, the veins outlined by dark scales, and a narrow smoky border along the termen and costa.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Moths of Guana Island
  4. ↑ Bulletin - United States National Museum


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