Biology:Chrysendeton medicinalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Chrysendeton |
| Species: | C. medicinalis
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| Chrysendeton medicinalis (Grote, 1881)
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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]
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
- ↑ Nuss, M. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ "800742.00 – 4744 – Chrysendeton medicinalis – Bold Medicine Moth – (Grote, 1881)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=4744. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ↑ Grote, A.R., 1881. New Pyralidae. Papilio 1: 15
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