Biology:Catoptria trichostomus

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Short description: Species of moth

Catoptria trichostomus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Catoptria
Species:
C. trichostomus
Binomial name
Catoptria trichostomus
(Christoph, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Packard, 1867 Christoph, 1858
  • Catoptria tristis Crambus trichostomus
  • Kirpichnikova, 1994 Eudorea albisinuatella albisinuatella

Catoptria trichostomus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1858.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alaska to Labrador and Baffin Island in the Northwest Territories, south in the Rocky Mountains to southern Alberta.[2] It is also found in the Russian Far East. The habitat consists of coniferous forests.

The wingspan is 17–20 mm.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13458039 entry