Neodactria daemonis

Neodactria daemonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Neodactria
Species: N. daemonis
Binomial name
Neodactria daemonis
Landry & Klots in Landry & Brown, 2005

Neodactria daemonis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Landry and Klots in 2005.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas and Missouri.[2]

The wingspan is 21–25.5 mm for males and 18–22 mm for females. The forewings are beige with brown markings of various shades. The hindwings are brown to greyish brown with bicolored scales.

Etymology

The name refers to the type locality.[3]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Landry, Bernard & Richard L. Brown, 2005, Zootaxa 1080: 1-16
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