Chorrera extrincica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Chorrera
Species:
C. extrincica
Binomial name
Chorrera extrincica
(Dyar, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Rhodophaea extrincica Dyar, 1919

Chorrera extrincica is a species of snout moth in the genus Chorrera. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919 and is found in the United States on the Florida Keys[1] and Cuba.[2]

The larvae feed on Waltheria indica.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chorrera extrincica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ Descriptions of and Notes on Larval Habits of Four Immature Phycitines in the Southeastern United States (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)


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