Comadia albistrigata

Comadia albistrigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Comadia
Species: C. albistrigata
Binomial name
Comadia albistrigata
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Heterocoma albistriga Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Comadia albistrigata is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.[1]

The length of the forewings is 11-14 mm for males and about 13 mm for females. The forewing costa has brown checks, the subcosta is creamy-white without checks and the discal area is mouse brown. The hindwings are uniform mouse brown.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June.[3]

References

  1. Comadia at funet
  2. Brown, R.M., 1975: A revision the North American Comadia (Cossidae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 14 (4): 180-212. Full article:
  3. mothphotographersgroup
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