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Crambidia lithosioides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

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Crambidia lithosioides

Crambidia lithosioides, the dark gray lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Dyar in 1898. It is found from North Carolina to Florida and from Kentucky to Mississippi.

The wingspan is 12–18 mm. Female have dark brownish-grey forewings with paler veins and pale yellow strip along the costa. Males have pale greyish-brown forewings with paler veins. They lack the pale costal strip. Adults are on wing from May to October.

The larvae feed on lichens.

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Crambidia lithosioides Wikipedia