Neodactria cochisensis

Neodactria cochisensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. 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.

Neodactria cochisensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Neodactria
Species:
N. cochisensis
Binomial name
Neodactria cochisensis
Landry & Albu, 2012

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

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

References

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  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.