Samea ecclesialis

Summary

Samea ecclesialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana,[1] Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States, where it has been recorded from North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas.[2]

Samea ecclesialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Samea
Species:
S. ecclesialis
Binomial name
Samea ecclesialis
Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
  • Samea castellalis Guenée, 1854
  • Samea luccusalis Walker, 1859
  • Samea disertalis Walker, [1866]

Adults are on wing nearly year-round in the southern part of the range.

References edit

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup