Chrismania

Chrismania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Chrismania
Barnes & McDunnough, 1914[1]
Species: C. pictipennalis
Binomial name
Chrismania pictipennalis
Barnes & McDunnough, 1914

Chrismania is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Chrismania pictipennalis, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern California and Arizona.[2]

The length of the forewings is 7–10 mm.[3] The forewings are deep olive-brown, heavily scaled with pale whitish-ochreous in the medial area. The hindwings are pale orange-red.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from March to May.

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Bug Guide
  4. Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough 1914. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 240


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