Carcha hersilialis is a species of snout moth in the genus Carcha. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859, and is known from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico,[1] as well as the greater and lesser Antilles.[2]

Carcha hersilialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Carcha
Species:
C. hersilialis
Binomial name
Carcha hersilialis
Walker, 1859[1]
Synonyms
  • Coeloma torticalis Möschler, 1890
  • Pyralis curtalis Walker, 1886
  • Pyralis dispansalis Walker, 1866
  • Thalpochares basalis Moeschler, 1890
  • Tosale moritzi Ragonot, 1891

References edit

  1. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. ^ Moths of Jamaica