Vaxi tripsacas

Vaxi tripsacas is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1921. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida[2] and Alabama. It is also present on the West Indies.

Vaxi tripsacas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Calamotrophini
Genus: Vaxi
Species:
V. tripsacas
Binomial name
Vaxi tripsacas
(Dyar, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Crambus tripsacas Dyar, 1921

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. Adults are on wing from February to July and again from October to December.

The larvae feed on Gramineae species.[3]

References
  1. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  3. Bug Guide


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