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Crocidophora pustuliferalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Crocidophora

Similar
  
Anania funebris, Anania hortulata, Anania, Ostrinia

Crocidophora pustuliferalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Lederer in 1863. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina.

Adults have been recorded on wing from December to September.

The larvae web the terminal leaves of Arundinaria species.

References

Crocidophora pustuliferalis Wikipedia