Prionapteryx indentella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Prionapteryx
- Species
- Prionapteryx indentella
- Scientific Name
- Prionapteryx indentella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Prionapteryx indentella
Prionapteryx indentella, the buffalograss webworm, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It is found in the US from Kansas to Texas on the Great Plains.
Adults are smoky ocherous brown. Females are larger and lighter in color. Adults are on wing from August to September in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Bouteloua dactyloides.
...Prionapteryx indentella in languages:
- English
- buffalograss webworm
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