Petrophila fulicalis

Petrophila fulicalis
Adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Petrophila
Species: P. fulicalis
Binomial name
Petrophila fulicalis
(Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Cataclysta fulicalis Clemens, 1860
  • Elophila fulicalis
  • Argyractis fulicalis
  • Parargyractis fulicalis
  • Cataclysta angulatalis Lederer, 1863

Petrophila fulicalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Clemens in 1860.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia.[2]

The wingspan 13–18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white with greyish-brown bands and dark speckling. The hindwings are white with a dark median band, a patch of dark speckling near the costa and a line of black pale-centered spots along the outer margin. Adults are on wing from late May to October.

The larvae are aquatic and probably feed on diatoms and algae.[3]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Bug Guide


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