Cissusa mucronata

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Melipotini
Genus: Cissusa
Species: C. mucronata
Binomial name
Cissusa mucronata
(Grote, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Synedoida mucronata Grote, 1883

Cissusa mucronata is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona and Texas.[2]

The wingspan is 33-35 mm. The forewings are brownish grey, sprinkled with pale points. The hindwings are whitish, with soiled veins, with vague brownish borders.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from March to September.

References

  1. ↑ taxapad.com
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Grote, A.R. 1882. New species of moths and notes on structure of moths and genera. The Canadian Entomologist 15(7): 121
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