Neodactria cochisensis
| Neodactria cochisensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Crambini |
| Genus: | Neodactria |
| Species: | N. cochisensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Neodactria cochisensis Landry & Albu, 2012
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Neodactria cochisensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Bernard Landry and Valeriu Albu in 2012.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the Huachuca Mountains and Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona.
The length of the forewings is 6.5–7 mm for males and 8.5 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is mostly mottled grayish brown with bi- or tricoloured scales. The median and subterminal lines are warmer brown. The hindwings are grayish brown.
Etymology
The species name is derived from Cochise County, the type locality.[2]
References
- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Landry, B. & V. Albu, 2012: A new species of Neodactria Landry, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Crambinae) from Arizona, U.S.A. The Journal of Research on the Lepidopterologica 45: 113-118.