Biology:Comadia dolli

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Comadia dolli
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Comadia
Species:
C. dolli
Binomial name
Comadia dolli
Barnes & Benjamin, 1923

Comadia dolli is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1923. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California , Nevada and New Mexico.[1]

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The forewings are creamish white. The costa is checkered, while the rest of the wing is scattered with brown scales. The hindwings are the same color or slightly darker.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Comadia dolli Barnes & Benjamin, 1923". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/cossoidea/cossidae/cossinae/comadia/#dolli. Retrieved June 10, 2019. 
  2. Brown, R.M., 1975: A revision the North American Comadia (Cossidae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 14 (4): 180-212. Full article: [1]
  3. "640037.00 – 2681 – Comadia dolli – Barnes & Benjamin, 1923". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2681. Retrieved June 10, 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13474510 entry