Cisthene juanita

Cisthene juanita is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1925 and is found in the United States in southern Arizona.[1][2]

Cisthene juanita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cisthene
Species:
C. juanita
Binomial name
Cisthene juanita

The length of the forewings 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing from August to mid-October. They have been found during the day on flowers of Baccharis salicifolia.

The larvae feed on algae and lichens.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Cisthene juanita Barnes & Benjamin, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  2. "930193.00 – 8076 – Cisthene juanita – Barnes & Benjamin, 1925". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  3. Heiman, Maury J. (October 19, 2017). "Species Cisthene juanita - Hodges#8076". BugGuide. Retrieved June 7, 2019.


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