Prionapteryx indentella, the buffalograss webworm, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908.[1] It is found in the US from Kansas to Texas on the Great Plains.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Ancylolomiini |
| Genus: | Prionapteryx |
| Species: | P. indentella
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| Prionapteryx indentella (Kearfott, 1908)
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Adults are smoky ocherous brown. Females are larger and lighter in color. Adults are on wing from August to September in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Bouteloua dactyloides.[3]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "800774.00 – 5327 – Surattha indentella – Kearfott, 1908". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ Sorensen, K. A.; Thompson, Hugh E. (1979). "The Life History of the Buffalograss Webworm Surattha indentella Kearfott, in Kansas (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 52 (2): 282–296. JSTOR 25083906.