Cnaphalocrocis cochrusalis, the marasmia moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in the West Indies (including Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic), Costa Rica,[2] Honduras and the United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Cnaphalocrocis |
| Species: | C. cochrusalis
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| Cnaphalocrocis cochrusalis (Walker, 1859)
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The forewings are whitish cinereous with dark brown interior and exterior lines, a brown submarginal line and a dark brown marginal line.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing year-round in Florida.
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ BOLD Systems
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 19: 959
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