Neodactria cochisensis

Neodactria cochisensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Neodactria
Species: N. cochisensis
Binomial name
Neodactria cochisensis
Landry & Albu, 2012

Neodactria cochisensis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Bernard Landry and Valeriu Albu in 2012.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the Huachuca Mountains and Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona.

The length of the forewings is 6.5–7 mm for males and 8.5 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is mostly mottled grayish brown with bi- or tricoloured scales. The median and subterminal lines are warmer brown. The hindwings are grayish brown.

Etymology

The species name is derived from Cochise County, the type locality.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Landry, B. & V. Albu, 2012: A new species of Neodactria Landry, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Crambinae) from Arizona, U.S.A. The Journal of Research on the Lepidopterologica 45: 113-118.


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