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Hellula phidilealis

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Hellula phidilealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Hellula
Species:
H. phidilealis
Binomial name
Hellula phidilealis
(Walker, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leucochroma phidilealis Walker, 1859
  • Phyratocosma trypheropa Meyrick, 1936

Hellula phidilealis, the cabbage budworm moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in tropical and subtropical America. From the southern United States (Florida to Arizona), north in the east to North Carolina, south through southwestern Mexico to northern South America, including several islands in the Caribbean.

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

References

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  1. ^ Solis, M. Alma; Adamski, David (1998). "Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 106 (1): 1–55.
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