Cryptobotys
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| Cryptobotys zoilusalis | |
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| File:Cryptobotys zoilusalis.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Tribe: | Herpetogrammatini |
| Genus: | Cryptobotys Munroe, 1956[1] |
| Species: | C. zoilusalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptobotys zoilusalis (Walker, 1859)
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Cryptobotys is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1956. It is monotypic, with its only species, Cryptobotys zoilusalis, described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Central America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Mexico) and the southern United States, where it has been recorded from Florida.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]Adults are cinereous (ash gray) with whitish interior and exterior lines, slightly bordered with brownish. The marginal line is brownish.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from February to August and from November to December in Florida.
Behaviour and ecology
[edit | edit source]The larvae feed on Xanthium strumarium.[4]
References
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