Chorrera extrincica

Chorrera extrincica is a species of snout moth in the genus Chorrera. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919 and is found in the United States on the Florida Keys[1] and Cuba.[2]

Chorrera extrincica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Chorrera
Species:
C. extrincica
Binomial name
Chorrera extrincica
(Dyar, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Rhodophaea extrincica Dyar, 1919

The larvae feed on Waltheria indica.[3]

References
  1. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chorrera extrincica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  3. Descriptions of and Notes on Larval Habits of Four Immature Phycitines in the Southeastern United States (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)


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