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Chorrera idiotes

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Chorrera idiotes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Chorrera
Species:
C. idiotes
Binomial name
Chorrera idiotes
Dyar, 1914[1]

Chorrera idiotes is a species of snout moth. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 millimetres (0.55 in) for males and 17 mm (0.67 in) for females. The forewings are dark grey with a slightly luteous underground, irrorated with black. The hindwings are pure white and translucent.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ "Chorrera Dyar, 1914" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  3. ^ Harrison G. Dyar (1914). "Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 47 (2050): 139–350. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.47-2050.139. hdl:10088/14495. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.