Cuniberta is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Its only species, Cuniberta subtinctella, was first described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. It is found in the western United States.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Cuniberta Heinrich, 1956[1] |
| Species: | C. subtinctella
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| Binomial name | |
| Cuniberta subtinctella (Ragonot, 1887)
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The wingspan is 22–26 mm. The forewings are gray, more or less dusted with whitish on the basal and median areas. The antemedial line is nearly vertical and bordered outwardly by a black line which is expanded and strongly accented on the costa, bordered inwardly on the lower margin by a reddish or reddish olivaceous patch. The hindwings are pale smoky fuscous.[3]
References edit
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "800194.00 – 5707 – Cuniberta subtinctella – (Ragonot, 1887)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Heinrich, Carl (1956). "Checklist of American Phycitinae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 207: 316–329 – via Internet Archive.
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