Black Langessa Moth in Florida (3/14/2007).
A female Black Langessa Moth.
A male Black Langessa Moth.
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Status
Glaser (Micromoths) notes that these are abundant in the Eastern Neck NWR salt marshes. However, if so, this is a disjunct population.
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Black Langessa Moth in Florida (3/14/2007).
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A female Black Langessa Moth.
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A male Black Langessa Moth.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Langessa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Acentropinae |
| Genus: | Langessa Munroe, 1972[1] |
| Species: | L. nomophilalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Langessa nomophilalis (Dyar, 1906)
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Langessa is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Langessa nomophilalis, the black langessa moth, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida and South Carolina.[2]
The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are brown with a bronzy reflection. The hindwings are grey brown with three black patches on the inner margin and two faint white submarginal lines.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing year round.
The larvae feed on aquatic plants.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Dyar, H.G. 1906. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 14: 84
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- ^ Bug Guide
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