| Chrysendeton medicinalis | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Chrysendeton |
| Species: | C. medicinalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysendeton medicinalis (
Grote, 1881)
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| Synonyms | |
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Chrysendeton medicinalis, the bold medicine moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881. [1] It is found on North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. [2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults are white, ocherous and brown, with a silvery-white sub-basal band continuing over the hindwings. there is a white median patch followed by a curved white line. There is also a white oblique band at the apical third and a white band along the external margin. There is an ocherous shade between the median patch and the costal band, divided by a brown line. [3] Adults have been recorded on wing nearly year round in the southern part of the range.
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "800742.00 – 4744 – Chrysendeton medicinalis – Bold Medicine Moth – (Grote, 1881)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
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Grote, A.R., 1881. New Pyralidae. Papilio 1: 15
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
| Chrysendeton medicinalis | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Chrysendeton |
| Species: | C. medicinalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysendeton medicinalis (
Grote, 1881)
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| Synonyms | |
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Chrysendeton medicinalis, the bold medicine moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881. [1] It is found on North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. [2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults are white, ocherous and brown, with a silvery-white sub-basal band continuing over the hindwings. there is a white median patch followed by a curved white line. There is also a white oblique band at the apical third and a white band along the external margin. There is an ocherous shade between the median patch and the costal band, divided by a brown line. [3] Adults have been recorded on wing nearly year round in the southern part of the range.
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "800742.00 – 4744 – Chrysendeton medicinalis – Bold Medicine Moth – (Grote, 1881)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
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^
Grote, A.R., 1881. New Pyralidae. Papilio 1: 15 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.