Cisthene juanita

Cisthene juanita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Cisthene
Species: C. juanita
Binomial name
Cisthene juanita
Barnes & Benjamin, 1925

Cisthene juanita is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1925 and is found in the United States in southern Arizona.[1][2]

The length of the forewings 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing from August to mid-October. They have been found during the day on flowers of Baccharis salicifolia.

The larvae feed on algae and lichens.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Cisthene at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. ↑ Bug Guide



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