Chrysendeton medicinalis

Chrysendeton medicinalis, the bold medicine moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881.[1] It is found on North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.[2]

Chrysendeton medicinalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Chrysendeton
Species:
C. medicinalis
Binomial name
Chrysendeton medicinalis
(Grote, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Cataclysta medicinalis Grote, 1881

The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults are white, ocherous and brown, with a silvery-white sub-basal band continuing over the hindwings. there is a white median patch followed by a curved white line. There is also a white oblique band at the apical third and a white band along the external margin. There is an ocherous shade between the median patch and the costal band, divided by a brown line.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing nearly year round in the southern part of the range.

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. "800742.00 – 4744 – Chrysendeton medicinalis – Bold Medicine Moth – (Grote, 1881)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  3. Grote, A.R., 1881. New Pyralidae. Papilio 1: 15 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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