Chorrera extrincica is a species of snout moth in the genus Chorrera. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919 and is found in the United States on the Florida Keys[1] and Cuba.[2]

Chorrera extrincica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Chorrera
Species:
C. extrincica
Binomial name
Chorrera extrincica
(Dyar, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Rhodophaea extrincica Dyar, 1919

The larvae feed on Waltheria indica.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chorrera extrincica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Descriptions of and Notes on Larval Habits of Four Immature Phycitines in the Southeastern United States (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)