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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Chorrera |
| Species: | C. extrincica
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| Chorrera extrincica (Dyar, 1919)
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The larvae feed on Waltheria indica.[3]
References
edit- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ 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.
- ^ Descriptions of and Notes on Larval Habits of Four Immature Phycitines in the Southeastern United States (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
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