Cassiana

Cassiana is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Its only species, Cassiana malacella, was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.[1] It is found in Mexico, the southern United States,[2] the British Virgin Islands[3] Puerto Rico and Bermuda.

This article is about the genus of moths. For the former legume genus, see Cassia (genus).

Cassiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Cassiana

Species:
C. malacella
Binomial name
Cassiana malacella
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Vitula malacella Dyar, 1914

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are pale grayish fuscous, although the area between the cell and the costa is white with a faint, scattered dusting of reddish scales. The hindwings are whitish, the veins outlined by dark scales, and a narrow smoky border along the termen and costa.[4]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  2. "800618.00 – 5933.2 – Cassiana malacella – (Dyar, 1914)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  3. Moths of Guana Island
  4. Heinrich, Carl (1956). "Checklist of American Phycitinae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 207: 316–329 – via Internet Archive.


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