Biology:Crambidia impura
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Short description: Species of moth
| Crambidia impura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Crambidia |
| Species: | C. impura
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| Binomial name | |
| Crambidia impura Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
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Crambidia impura is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913.[1] There are two disjunct populations. It has been recorded from southern Rocky Mountain states, the Yukon and northern British Columbia and Alberta. The habitat consists of stabilized sand dunes dominated by open jack pine forests.
Adults are light grey. Adults are on wing from August to September.
The larvae probably feed on lichens.[2]
References
- ↑ "930224.00 – 8050 – Crambidia impura – Barnes & McDunnough, 1913". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=08050. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ↑ "Species Page - Crambidia impura". University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?b=Lepidoptera&c=7&s=190. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q13499807 entry
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