Sorhagenia cracens is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1978. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Idaho.[1][2]

Sorhagenia cracens
Preserved holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Sorhagenia
Species:
S. cracens
Binomial name
Sorhagenia cracens
Hodges, 1978

Sorhagenia daedala and Sorhagenia nimbosus are closely related species.[3] S. cracens can be differentiated from S. daedala because the eighth sternum in S. cracens is longer than it is wide, and from S. nimbosa (which also has a long eighth sternum) because S. cracens has a medial lobe of the vinculum that is longer than it is wide.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Sorhagenia cracens Hodges, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "420340.00 – 1634 – Sorhagenia cracens – Hodges, 1978". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Hodges, Ronald W. (1978). Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae (PDF). Moths of America North of Mexico, including Greenland. London: Los Angeles, Calif.: E. W. Classey: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation; [distributed by] Entomological Reprint Specialists. Fascicle 6.1 (pages 131–133). ISBN 978-0-86096-001-0.