Crambidia casta

Crambidia casta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Crambidia
Species: C. casta
Binomial name
Crambidia casta
(Packard, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosia casta Packard, 1869
  • Lithosia candida H. Edwards, 1873

Crambidia casta, the Pearly-winged Lichen Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Packard in 1869. It is found from North Carolina and Kentucky north to Nova Scotia. In the west it occurs from the Rocky Mountain states south to central Arizona and New Mexico. The habitat consists of eastern hardwood forests, juniper woodlands and sagebrush rangelands

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are pure white with a satiny sheen. The hindwings are duller white.

The larvae feed on lichens.[2]

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