Cisthene perrosea

Cisthene perrosea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is found in the US from California to Utah, New Mexico and western Texas.[1][2]

Cisthene perrosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cisthene
Species:
C. perrosea
Binomial name
Cisthene perrosea
(Dyar, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Illice unifascia var. perrosea Dyar, 1904

The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July and again from September to October.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Cisthene Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. Bug Guide



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